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

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

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

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Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA

 1,641.8 1,642.1 1,641.9 1,643.1 1,640.9 1,642.6 1,645.1 1,632.8 1,633.0 1,638.2 1,637.7 1,638.5 1,646.3 7.8 0.5

Colorado

 2,961.6 2,963.7 2,962.6 2,961.0 2,961.1 2,959.4 2,960.7 2,953.2 2,956.0 2,966.9 2,966.0 2,967.9 2,973.7 5.8 0.2

United States

 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 158,436 158,650 158,798 158,861 158,881 158,858 -23 0.0

(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-Centennial, CO MSA Colorado U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 1,652.1 1,654.0 1,657.2 5.1 0.3 2,988.1 10.2 0.3 158,649 382 0.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 113.0 114.8 116.0 3.0 2.7                

Mining & Logging(2)

             20.5 -0.2 -1.0 615 -2 -0.3

Construction(2)

             194.6 5.8 3.1 8,536 60 0.7

Manufacturing

 65.6 64.4 64.1 -1.5 -2.3 145.6 -1.6 -1.1 12,694 1 0.0

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 291.4 286.5 287.8 -3.6 -1.2 502.2 -0.9 -0.2 28,652 -14 0.0

Information

 46.8 43.1 43.2 -3.6 -7.7 64.8 -5.7 -8.1 2,788 -94 -3.3

Financial Activities

 117.9 113.2 113.8 -4.1 -3.5 177.0 -4.7 -2.6 9,149 -129 -1.4

Professional & Business Services

 319.0 316.3 318.3 -0.7 -0.2 495.0 -1.4 -0.3 22,647 136 0.6

Education & Health Services

 219.8 226.9 228.0 8.2 3.7 409.4 13.0 3.3 27,666 554 2.0

Leisure & Hospitality

 181.5 186.3 187.7 6.2 3.4 376.3 10.6 2.9 17,676 77 0.4

Other Services

 72.5 69.1 70.5 -2.0 -2.8 132.2 -2.8 -2.1 6,113 46 0.8

Government

 224.6 233.4 227.8 3.2 1.4 470.5 -1.9 -0.4 22,113 -253 -1.1

(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-Centennial, CO MSA

 71,968 68,776 67,596 - 67,394 63,268 74,369 75,535 64,672 60,254 63,184 67,938 72,017 49 0.1

Adams

 13,069 12,408 12,267 - 12,018 11,554 13,736 13,894 12,030 11,161 11,639 12,569 13,171 102 0.8

Arapahoe

 15,265 14,641 14,378 - 14,262 13,181 15,474 15,759 13,621 12,755 13,394 14,421 15,270 5 0.0

Broomfield

 1,746 1,706 1,709 - 1,707 1,586 1,871 1,920 1,618 1,497 1,587 1,704 1,802 56 3.2

Clear Creek

 208 200 185 - 180 158 205 209 171 158 183 202 220 12 5.8

Denver

 19,120 18,126 17,582 - 17,954 17,275 19,950 20,217 17,289 16,203 16,789 18,037 19,193 73 0.4

Douglas

 8,473 8,116 8,125 - 7,955 7,250 8,575 8,776 7,502 6,990 7,385 7,941 8,392 -81 -1.0

Elbert

 553 532 534 - 521 475 596 609 526 472 513 530 566 13 2.4

Gilpin

 130 122 126 - 132 122 146 150 113 107 109 111 128 -2 -1.5

Jefferson

 13,020 12,568 12,336 - 12,296 11,321 13,405 13,591 11,460 10,608 11,250 12,073 12,897 -123 -0.9

Park

 384 357 354 - 369 346 411 410 342 303 335 350 378 -6 -1.6

Colorado

 132,979 126,548 125,539 - 124,890 116,353 138,913 141,215 120,233 111,915 118,478 126,434 133,095 116 0.1

United States (in thousands)

 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 8,052 7,337 6,768 6,904 7,476 7,435 -412 -5.3

(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
Unemployment rate, Denver metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA

 4.0 3.8 3.8 - 3.8 3.6 4.2 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.9 4.1 0.1

Adams

 4.3 4.1 4.0 - 3.9 3.8 4.6 4.7 4.1 3.8 3.9 4.2 4.4 0.1

Arapahoe

 4.0 3.8 3.8 - 3.8 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.9 4.1 0.1

Broomfield

 3.8 3.7 3.7 - 3.7 3.5 4.1 4.3 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.8 4.0 0.2

Clear Creek

 3.7 3.6 3.3 - 3.2 2.9 3.7 3.8 3.1 2.9 3.4 3.7 4.0 0.3

Denver

 4.2 4.0 3.9 - 4.0 3.8 4.5 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.8 4.1 4.3 0.1

Douglas

 3.7 3.6 3.6 - 3.5 3.2 3.8 4.0 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.6 3.7 0.0

Elbert

 3.4 3.3 3.3 - 3.2 3.0 3.8 3.9 3.3 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.5 0.1

Gilpin

 3.5 3.3 3.4 - 3.6 3.3 4.0 4.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.5 0.0

Jefferson

 3.8 3.7 3.6 - 3.6 3.4 4.0 4.1 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.9 0.1

Park

 4.0 3.8 3.7 - 3.9 3.7 4.3 4.4 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.8 4.0 0.0

Colorado

 4.1 3.9 3.8 - 3.8 3.6 4.3 4.4 3.8 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.1 0.0

United States

 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.4 -0.2

(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-Centennial metropolitan area and its component counties, 1st quarter 2026(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA

 136,638 9,489 1,578,155 -11,758 -0.7 $1,990 5.1 $40,954,205 4.7

Adams

 14,848 982 242,964 -4,828 -1.9 1,484 4.0 4,697,931 2.0

Arapahoe

 27,362 1,731 339,426 1,894 0.6 1,929 4.6 8,541,741 5.6

Broomfield

 3,727 248 41,346 1,310 3.3 2,538 9.8 1,372,209 13.4

Clear Creek

 426 39 3,537 -6 -0.2 1,450 12.7 67,403 13.2

Denver

 44,990 3,208 551,034 -6,139 -1.1 2,354 4.9 16,907,755 4.0

Douglas

 17,235 1,452 147,131 782 0.5 1,913 4.6 3,670,974 5.4

Elbert

 938 78 5,012 97 2.0 1,299 8.2 84,523 9.6

Gilpin

 230 3 4,694 -19 -0.4 1,267 3.3 77,392 3.0

Jefferson

 26,171 1,711 240,128 -4,789 -2.0 1,753 6.2 5,491,866 5.0

Park

 711 37 2,883 -60 -2.0 1,125 4.9 42,412 3.2

Colorado

 264,727 22,943 2,848,514 -20,672 -0.7 $1,774 5.4 $65,793,075 4.8

United States

 12,381,750 418,060 154,771,941 85,572 0.1 1,654 3.9 3,320,292,610 4.1

(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