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

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Denver metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area

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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA

 1,631.9 1,635.9 1,636.0 1,637.1 1,637.7 1,628.2 1,626.8 1,626.2 1,624.6 1,626.5 1,627.7 1,621.2 1,623.7 2.5 0.2

Colorado

 2,935.7 2,948.2 2,950.8 2,955.5 2,962.6 2,960.3 2,958.1 2,961.4 2,967.3 2,978.0 2,980.8 2,981.3 2,991.1 9.8 0.3

United States

 155,787 156,027 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,271 158,543 272 0.2

(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, CO MSA Colorado U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 1,636.0 1,617.8 1,628.4 -7.6 -0.5 2,988.2 53.4 1.8 158,918 2,786 1.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 113.5 107.0 109.1 -4.4 -3.9                

Mining & Logging(2)

             22.7 1.3 6.1 633 -7 -1.1

Construction(2)

             184.2 -2.2 -1.2 8,278 254 3.2

Manufacturing

 69.4 69.6 69.8 0.4 0.6 152.0 1.3 0.9 12,940 30 0.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 294.4 287.0 286.9 -7.5 -2.5 498.8 -5.6 -1.1 28,892 193 0.7

Information

 53.2 51.0 49.7 -3.5 -6.6 74.3 -3.3 -4.3 2,995 -44 -1.4

Financial Activities

 118.4 118.9 119.3 0.9 0.8 183.1 3.5 1.9 9,200 36 0.4

Professional & Business Services

 320.3 315.2 320.5 0.2 0.1 506.7 8.8 1.8 22,987 115 0.5

Education & Health Services

 205.3 211.0 209.7 4.4 2.1 383.2 14.5 3.9 26,269 1,059 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 176.5 167.1 169.7 -6.8 -3.9 351.6 7.9 2.3 17,194 412 2.5

Other Services

 68.9 68.0 67.8 -1.1 -1.6 129.3 1.9 1.5 5,927 97 1.7

Government

 216.1 223.0 225.9 9.8 4.5 502.3 25.3 5.3 23,603 641 2.8

(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, CO MSA

 50,664 61,358 56,488 59,606 54,615 55,252 56,398 57,375 66,411 72,144 66,991 60,199 67,461   16,797 33.2

Adams

 8,925 10,729 9,799 10,360 9,490 9,572 9,676 10,029 11,881 12,901 12,157 10,813 12,098   3,173 35.6

Arapahoe

 10,887 13,187 12,152 12,840 11,745 11,825 11,927 12,034 13,866 15,136 14,095 12,608 14,276   3,389 31.1

Broomfield

 1,210 1,487 1,384 1,448 1,317 1,364 1,397 1,350 1,543 1,682 1,622 1,435 1,599   389 32.1

Clear Creek

 165 186 183 190 161 166 186 173 198 217 201 199 208   43 26.1

Denver

 13,612 16,242 15,070 16,065 14,607 14,806 15,251 15,955 18,294 19,538 17,871 16,353 17,749   4,137 30.4

Douglas

 5,691 7,022 6,437 6,691 6,233 6,301 6,343 6,187 7,140 7,959 7,555 6,770 7,939   2,248 39.5

Elbert

 395 495 457 463 435 429 448 442 512 567 537 457 540   145 36.7

Gilpin

 106 123 113 113 97 103 111 107 135 146 133 121 127   21 19.8

Jefferson

 9,354 11,513 10,550 11,089 10,225 10,373 10,726 10,774 12,458 13,564 12,440 11,123 12,565   3,211 34.3

Park

 319 374 343 347 305 313 333 324 384 434 380 320 360   41 12.9

Colorado

 95,154 114,860 105,990 110,447 100,970 102,223 104,840 105,305 122,896 134,013 124,330 110,054 126,057   30,903 32.5

United States (in thousands)

 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235   535 9.4

(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, CO MSA

 2.9 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.9 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.9   1.0

Adams

 3.1 3.7 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.6 4.2 4.6 4.3 3.8 4.3   1.2

Arapahoe

 2.9 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.8   0.9

Broomfield

 2.8 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.8   1.0

Clear Creek

 2.7 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.6 2.7 3.0 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.4   0.7

Denver

 3.1 3.7 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.6 4.2 4.5 4.1 3.7 4.1   1.0

Douglas

 2.7 3.3 3.0 3.2 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.8   1.1

Elbert

 2.4 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.8 3.3 3.6 3.4 2.9 3.4   1.0

Gilpin

 2.7 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.7 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.3   0.6

Jefferson

 2.7 3.3 3.0 3.2 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.6 3.2 3.7   1.0

Park

 2.7 3.2 2.9 3.0 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.3 3.7 3.3 2.8 3.1   0.4

Colorado

 3.0 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.8 4.2 3.9 3.4 3.9   0.9

United States

 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7   0.3

(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
Covered employment and wages(1), Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area and its component counties, 4th quarter 2023(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA

 136,633 2,903 1,619,874 27,063 1.7 $1,666 2.9 $35,091,805 4.8

Adams

 14,696 520 250,066 6,648 2.7 1,420 3.9 4,595,430 6.7

Arapahoe

 27,723 422 342,106 4,562 1.4 1,624 1.8 7,234,000 3.3

Broomfield

 3,699 92 43,842 510 1.2 2,109 3.2 1,203,534 5.2

Clear Creek

 429 3 3,501 -139 -3.8 1,223 14.4 53,705 12.2

Denver

 45,359 834 572,534 8,222 1.5 1,859 3.6 13,867,992 5.2

Douglas

 16,725 438 146,301 3,335 2.3 1,595 -0.1 3,019,732 2.2

Elbert

 912 38 4,862 387 8.6 1,175 4.3 75,087 13.2

Gilpin

 241 6 4,649 322 7.4 1,251 0.5 74,651 6.7

Jefferson

 26,131 534 248,983 2,895 1.2 1,518 3.7 4,926,059 5.4

Park

 718 16 3,030 321 11.8 1,036 0.6 41,616 11.8

Colorado

 263,188 8,902 2,930,128 71,941 2.5 $1,516 3.0 $57,617,426 5.7

United States

 12,090,132 335,223 154,848,113 2,322,828 1.5 1,435 3.6 2,886,734,623 5.2

(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