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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Table

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Denver metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 1,566.2 1,573.7 1,580.5 1,592.5 1,594.7 1,592.3 1,591.2 1,597.2 1,584.6 1,591.9 1,591.4 1,594.0 1,594.3 0.3 0.0

Colorado

 2,826.0 2,841.0 2,846.4 2,867.7 2,870.3 2,867.5 2,869.0 2,873.3 2,870.1 2,877.0 2,876.7 2,882.2 2,883.0 0.8 0.0

United States

 150,106 151,010 151,424 151,678 152,042 152,412 152,980 153,332 153,682 154,006 154,296 154,535 155,039 504 0.3

(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Denver metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA Colorado U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 1,546.0 1,597.8 1,569.3 23.3 1.5 2,847.0 58.2 2.1 152,836 4,904 3.3

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 106.6 110.5 107.6 1.0 0.9                

Mining & Logging(2)

             21.6 1.5 7.5 622 56 9.9

Construction(2)

             172.8 -0.5 -0.3 7,549 298 4.1

Manufacturing

 71.1 71.3 71.4 0.3 0.4 152.3 1.0 0.7 12,891 378 3.0

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 288.5 300.8 290.8 2.3 0.8 502.5 5.5 1.1 28,749 508 1.8

Information

 53.6 52.9 52.5 -1.1 -2.1 77.3 -0.7 -0.9 3,050 107 3.6

Financial Activities

 117.7 116.8 114.2 -3.5 -3.0 178.5 -1.6 -0.9 9,049 166 1.9

Professional & Business Services

 297.7 312.8 307.6 9.9 3.3 479.9 17.2 3.7 22,474 688 3.2

Education & Health Services

 192.5 194.8 194.1 1.6 0.8 353.8 6.9 2.0 24,749 1,055 4.5

Leisure & Hospitality

 156.4 168.8 167.0 10.6 6.8 345.4 22.4 6.9 15,638 1,046 7.2

Other Services

 63.6 66.2 66.0 2.4 3.8 122.6 2.7 2.3 5,741 217 3.9

Government

 198.3 202.9 198.1 -0.2 -0.1 440.3 3.8 0.9 22,324 385 1.8

(1) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(2) Data unavailable for the metropolitan area.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Unemployment, Denver metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 68,098 69,633 62,119 54,402 53,120 56,431 60,156 58,440 56,594 61,525 57,411 47,901 51,203   -16,895 -24.8

Adams

 13,210 13,326 12,200 10,465 10,214 10,582 11,468 10,990 10,678 11,638 10,828 9,059 9,587   -3,623 -27.4

Arapahoe

 15,644 15,898 14,186 12,544 12,238 12,861 13,716 13,309 12,861 13,941 12,931 10,626 11,109   -4,535 -29.0

Broomfield

 1,322 1,383 1,185 1,046 1,029 1,164 1,208 1,198 1,171 1,296 1,229 1,011 1,127   -195 -14.8

Clear Creek

 250 248 217 192 187 194 210 217 204 225 191 166 169   -81 -32.4

Denver

 18,568 18,903 16,953 14,853 14,417 14,864 15,993 15,790 15,418 16,537 15,244 12,959 13,713   -4,855 -26.1

Douglas

 5,952 6,278 5,438 4,843 4,805 5,616 5,897 5,567 5,340 5,929 5,776 4,719 5,285   -667 -11.2

Elbert

 443 473 411 361 359 419 417 413 403 427 414 333 378   -65 -14.7

Gilpin

 159 163 144 133 123 126 128 127 121 132 124 101 102   -57 -35.8

Jefferson

 12,205 12,587 11,066 9,681 9,473 10,301 10,808 10,507 10,085 11,054 10,356 8,641 9,408   -2,797 -22.9

Park

 345 374 319 284 275 304 311 322 313 346 318 286 325   -20 -5.8

Colorado

 134,215 126,841 108,143 94,032 86,830 96,426 92,634 88,886 81,309 86,292 88,386 81,136 96,681   -37,534 -28.0

United States (in thousands)

 7,207 6,782 6,168 5,458 5,548 6,334 6,255 6,256 5,460 5,609 5,523 5,352 6,378   -829 -11.5

(p) Preliminary

NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Unemployment rate, Denver metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.3 2.8 2.9   -1.1

Adams

 4.7 4.7 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.7 4.1 3.8 3.2 3.4   -1.3

Arapahoe

 4.2 4.2 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.4 2.8 2.9   -1.3

Broomfield

 3.2 3.3 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.4 2.6   -0.6

Clear Creek

 4.1 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.1 2.7 2.7   -1.4

Denver

 4.3 4.3 3.9 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.4 2.9 3.1   -1.2

Douglas

 2.9 3.0 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.7 2.3 2.5   -0.4

Elbert

 2.8 3.0 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.1 2.4   -0.4

Gilpin

 4.1 4.1 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.3 3.1 2.5 2.6   -1.5

Jefferson

 3.6 3.7 3.2 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.7   -0.9

Park

 3.0 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.8   -0.2

Colorado

 4.2 4.0 3.4 3.0 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.5 3.0   -1.2

United States

 4.4 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.9   -0.5

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NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Covered(1)employment and wages, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area and its component counties, 3rd quarter 2022(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 129,863 9,699 1,565,269 54,988 3.6 $1,573 8.8 $32,200,540 13.2

Adams

 13,794 776 238,923 8,960 3.9 1,359 11.4 4,221,724 16.1

Arapahoe

 26,571 1,734 334,331 5,819 1.8 1,558 8.1 6,824,768 10.4

Broomfield

 3,516 248 41,747 2,163 5.5 1,976 4.6 1,085,647 10.4

Clear Creek

 416 18 3,222 303 10.4 1,061 4.7 45,225 15.2

Denver

 43,205 3,728 552,863 26,671 5.1 1,741 9.0 12,560,682 15.1

Douglas

 15,745 1,335 139,772 4,894 3.6 1,529 8.7 2,815,673 13.1

Elbert

 835 44 4,411 367 9.1 1,086 12.1 62,303 22.0

Gilpin

 226 18 4,255 -21 -0.5 1,238 -6.0 70,380 -2.3

Jefferson

 24,875 1,750 242,807 5,669 2.4 1,407 7.8 4,475,768 10.5

Park

 680 48 2,938 163 5.9 981 4.4 38,369 10.2

Colorado

 247,111 15,461 2,813,872 89,785 3.3 $1,432 8.5 $52,663,915 12.3

United States

 11,608,876 620,557 151,239,638 6,168,586 4.3 1,334 6.7 2,609,769,853 11.1

(1) Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
(2) Data are preliminary.
(3) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.

SOURCE: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages