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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 Oct 2026
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, Metropolitan Area Data Tables Pay, Unemployment, Employment Table Oct 2026
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Jan 2026
Annual Average Percent Changes U.S., St. Louis, and Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2026
Mountain-Plains CPI Blue Card (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2017
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics Unemployment, Employment Table Oct 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mountain Plains Consumer price indexes Table Oct 2026
Mountain-Plains - Consumer Prices Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Price Index, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area — September 2026 Consumer price indexes News Release Oct 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Denver-Aurora-Centennial — May 2025 Pay, Employment News Release Aug 2026
Consumer Expenditures for the Denver Metropolitan Area — 2023–24 Consumer spending News Release Jan 2026
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Economy at a Glance:
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
Data Series Back
Data		 Apr
2026		 May
2026		 June
2026		 July
2026		 Aug
2026		 Sept
2026

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,729.6 1,733.8 1,735.6 1,759.2 (p)1,738.3  

Employment(1)

 1,669.3 1,670.6 1,667.7 1,687.2 (p)1,659.1  

Unemployment(1)

 60.3 63.2 67.9 72.0 (p)79.2  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.5 3.6 3.9 4.1 (p)4.6  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,633.8 1,641.3 1,654.0 1,657.6 1,652.3 (p)1,645.7

12-month % change

 -0.4 -0.5 0.5 0.3 0.0 (p)0.2

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 111.3 112.3 114.8 115.8 114.8 (p)115.1

12-month % change

 0.0 0.3 1.8 2.5 1.8 (p)3.0

Manufacturing(3)

 63.3 63.4 64.4 64.2 63.6 (p)62.5

12-month % change

 -2.6 -2.8 -1.5 -2.1 -2.9 (p)-3.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 284.6 285.3 286.5 289.0 286.7 (p)284.2

12-month % change

 -1.9 -1.8 -1.4 -0.8 -1.5 (p)-1.5

Information(3)

 44.4 44.0 43.1 43.2 43.1 (p)43.8

12-month % change

 -4.5 -4.8 -6.7 -7.7 -7.5 (p)-4.8

Financial Activities(3)

 113.2 112.7 113.2 114.0 113.1 (p)112.6

12-month % change

 -3.7 -4.2 -3.9 -3.3 -3.6 (p)-3.2

Professional and Business Services(3)

 314.4 315.0 316.3 318.2 318.2 (p)317.7

12-month % change

 -0.8 -0.4 0.5 -0.3 0.0 (p)1.2

Education and Health Services(3)

 229.6 229.8 226.9 227.0 228.7 (p)231.1

12-month % change

 4.7 4.8 4.7 3.3 3.3 (p)4.6

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 172.2 176.7 186.3 187.7 185.5 (p)176.6

12-month % change

 0.3 0.2 3.4 3.4 2.5 (p)0.7

Other Services(3)

 67.8 67.6 69.1 70.4 70.5 (p)69.4

12-month % change

 -3.0 -4.4 -3.9 -2.9 -1.5 (p)-1.0

Government(3)

 233.0 234.5 233.4 228.1 228.1 (p)232.7

12-month % change

 0.4 -0.3 1.7 1.6 0.9 (p)-0.3

Consumer Price Index: Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

CPI-U, All items(4)

   351.621   349.209   353.428

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     5.0   3.9   4.0

CPI-W, All items(5)

   340.362   340.070   344.459

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

     4.2   3.4   3.7

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) 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.