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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Colorado > Denver

Denver

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 Nov 2022
Mountain-Plains - Consumer Prices Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Nov 2022
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mountain Plains Consumer price indexes Table Nov 2022
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Oct 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Denver-Aurora-Lakewood — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2022
Annual averages U.S., Denver, Kansas City, and St. Louis Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2018
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. Metropolitan Area Data Tables Employment, Pay, Unemployment Table Nov 2022
Mountain-Plains CPI Blue Card (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2017
Consumer Expenditures for the Denver Metropolitan Area — 2020-21 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2022
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Economy at a Glance:
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
Data Series Back
Data		 May
2022		 June
2022		 July
2022		 Aug
2022		 Sept
2022		 Oct
2022

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,727.2 1,735.8 1,734.9 1,747.2 (p)1,748.2  

Employment(1)

 1,674.0 1,679.3 1,674.8 1,688.8 (p)1,691.7  

Unemployment(1)

 53.1 56.4 60.2 58.4 (p)56.5  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.3 (p)3.2  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,577.6 1,592.8 1,585.1 1,587.6 1,578.5 (p)1,601.8

12-month % change

 4.6 4.5 3.6 3.7 3.3 (p)4.1

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 113.3 116.8 116.3 115.4 114.2 (p)118.2

12-month % change

 4.1 6.6 5.6 5.1 4.4 (p)7.8

Manufacturing(3)

 73.2 74.1 73.7 72.4 71.6 (p)72.2

12-month % change

 5.5 5.3 5.0 3.6 2.7 (p)2.8

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 285.9 288.4 286.8 288.2 285.1 (p)290.4

12-month % change

 2.7 3.0 2.4 2.7 2.2 (p)2.8

Information(3)

 53.9 54.3 54.2 53.7 53.3 (p)53.4

12-month % change

 3.7 3.4 2.1 1.3 0.9 (p)0.4

Financial Activities(3)

 116.6 115.0 114.9 113.7 110.9 (p)112.2

12-month % change

 1.7 -0.2 -0.9 -2.0 -3.6 (p)-2.8

Professional and Business Services(3)

 313.4 316.9 318.3 319.6 320.2 (p)326.7

12-month % change

 9.2 9.7 7.8 8.2 8.6 (p)10.0

Education and Health Services(3)

 194.2 192.1 193.4 195.8 197.7 (p)199.8

12-month % change

 1.1 0.2 1.1 2.3 3.6 (p)3.7

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 162.7 170.4 172.9 169.0 161.3 (p)159.5

12-month % change

 11.4 9.0 8.0 5.0 2.7 (p)1.3

Other Services(3)

 61.4 63.1 62.6 63.0 62.8 (p)64.2

12-month % change

 7.0 8.2 5.6 5.7 6.3 (p)9.6

Government(3)

 203.0 201.7 192.0 196.8 201.4 (p)205.2

12-month % change

 0.5 0.5 -1.2 1.3 0.5 (p)1.8

Consumer Price Index: Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

CPI-U, All items(4)

 303.510   308.728   308.211  

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

   8.3   8.2   7.7  

CPI-W, All items(5)

 295.265   301.155   300.535  

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

   8.5   8.7   7.9  

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