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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Colorado > Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Denver Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Mar 2025
Mountain-Plains - Consumer Prices Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mountain Plains Consumer price indexes Table May 2025
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Oct 2024
Consumer Price Index, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood — March 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Apr 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Denver-Aurora-Lakewood — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2024
Annual Average Percent Changes U.S., St. Louis, and Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2025
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, Metropolitan Area Data Tables Employment, Pay, Unemployment Table Apr 2025
Mountain-Plains CPI Blue Card (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2017
Consumer Expenditures for the Denver Metropolitan Area — 2022–23 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2024
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Economy at a Glance:
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
Data Series Back
Data		 Oct
2024		 Nov
2024		 Dec
2024		 Jan
2025		 Feb
2025		 Mar
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)1,790.5 (2)1,789.4 (2)1,775.4 1,781.9 1,767.6 (p)1,760.2

Employment(1)

 (2)1,711.2 (2)1,706.2 (2)1,694.5 1,694.2 1,676.4 (p)1,679.3

Unemployment(1)

 (2)79.3 (2)83.2 (2)80.9 87.7 91.1 (p)80.9

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)4.4 (2)4.6 (2)4.6 4.9 5.2 (p)4.6

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 1,647.8 1,645.1 1,648.0 1,615.5 1,611.9 (p)1,616.1

12-month % change

 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 -0.4 (p)-0.4

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 115.2 114.4 112.9 108.6 108.7 (p)108.9

12-month % change

 2.4 3.0 2.1 1.0 -0.8 (p)0.2

Manufacturing(4)

 66.6 65.9 66.7 67.2 67.2 (p)67.5

12-month % change

 -2.3 -2.2 -0.7 0.3 -0.9 (p)-0.1

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 297.8 301.3 305.1 294.4 283.3 (p)288.3

12-month % change

 0.4 0.2 -0.4 0.3 -3.0 (p)-1.2

Information(4)

 49.2 49.3 49.2 48.5 49.7 (p)49.5

12-month % change

 -5.7 -4.3 -3.5 -4.7 -1.2 (p)-1.0

Financial Activities(4)

 116.4 116.0 116.4 115.1 114.9 (p)115.6

12-month % change

 1.2 1.0 -0.2 0.2 0.6 (p)0.5

Professional and Business Services(4)

 322.5 321.8 320.1 314.0 314.1 (p)313.2

12-month % change

 0.7 1.3 1.8 1.2 -0.3 (p)-1.5

Education and Health Services(4)

 212.7 213.5 213.1 212.7 215.3 (p)212.5

12-month % change

 2.2 2.5 2.2 2.1 1.6 (p)0.9

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 172.5 168.7 170.7 165.9 165.7 (p)164.9

12-month % change

 -0.6 -0.9 -0.9 -1.3 -0.8 (p)-2.5

Other Services(4)

 70.0 68.7 68.7 67.4 67.3 (p)68.7

12-month % change

 1.7 -0.6 -1.2 -1.5 -3.2 (p)-2.3

Government(4)

 224.9 225.5 225.1 221.7 225.7 (p)227.0

12-month % change

 3.1 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.1 (p)2.3

Consumer Price Index: Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

CPI-U, All items(5)

   330.160   330.850   331.575

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)

     2.0   2.3   1.9

CPI-W, All items(6)

   322.284   324.516   324.852

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)

     2.1   2.9   2.0

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary
Data Series Back
Data		 2nd Half
2016		 1st Half
2017		 2nd Half
2017

Consumer Price Index: Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO

CPI-U, All items(1)

 248.095 252.760 257.230

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(1)

   2.6 3.1 3.7

CPI-W, All items(2)

 237.407 241.689 246.186

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(2)

   2.5 3.2 3.7

Footnotes
(1) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.