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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

 1,462.0 1,449.1 1,469.4 1,473.9 1,482.8 1,490.3 1,495.4 1,504.3 1,512.3 1,515.0 1,522.6 1,528.4 1,538.8 10.4 0.7

Colorado

 2,647.9 2,626.7 2,657.1 2,666.2 2,673.9 2,691.3 2,708.8 2,718.8 2,731.0 2,736.0 2,745.7 2,755.6 2,765.4 9.8 0.4

United States

 142,809 142,503 142,736 143,272 144,057 144,326 144,940 145,902 146,993 147,476 147,855 148,401 148,611 210 0.1


(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

 1,465.7 1,535.3 1,544.3 78.6 5.4 2,770.5 120.2 4.5 150,004 5,883 4.1

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 108.2 111.3 109.9 1.7 1.6                

Mining & Logging(2)

             20.1 0.4 2.0 648 49 8.2

Construction(2)

             173.1 -0.8 -0.5 7,605 192 2.6

Manufacturing

 70.1 69.9 70.3 0.2 0.3 148.1 2.1 1.4 12,558 367 3.0

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 286.8 291.3 299.1 12.3 4.3 502.0 16.6 3.4 28,343 823 3.0

Information

 50.2 51.2 50.7 0.5 1.0 73.9 1.0 1.4 2,797 138 5.2

Financial Activities

 111.7 114.5 115.6 3.9 3.5 176.2 3.6 2.1 8,915 152 1.7

Professional & Business Services

 271.9 289.5 291.1 19.2 7.1 456.5 26.0 6.0 21,708 1,128 5.5

Education & Health Services

 185.9 192.8 193.2 7.3 3.9 343.9 4.6 1.4 24,006 496 2.1

Leisure & Hospitality

 127.1 152.3 150.5 23.4 18.4 313.9 50.8 19.3 15,332 1,914 14.3

Other Services

 54.1 60.2 61.3 7.2 13.3 111.0 4.2 3.9 5,781 306 5.6

Government

 199.7 202.3 202.6 2.9 1.5 451.8 11.7 2.7 22,311 318 1.4


(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

 118,842 119,600 118,948 114,501 112,280 109,630 101,096 108,637 104,064 93,616 83,367 79,268 77,740   -41,102 -34.6

Adams

 21,596 21,294 21,727 20,867 20,292 20,091 18,659 19,933 19,493 17,337 15,742 14,995 14,660   -6,936 -32.1

Arapahoe

 27,803 27,196 26,670 25,799 25,335 25,001 23,312 24,953 24,329 21,783 19,774 18,551 18,031   -9,772 -35.1

Broomfield

 2,372 2,529 2,461 2,398 2,356 2,248 2,083 2,288 2,070 1,900 1,594 1,534 1,534   -838 -35.3

Clear Creek

 453 507 438 415 402 383 350 403 383 351 316 292 283   -170 -37.5

Denver

 33,698 33,223 32,940 31,354 30,304 30,175 27,801 29,243 28,400 25,529 22,899 21,836 21,213   -12,485 -37.0

Douglas

 9,886 10,706 10,661 10,521 10,638 9,877 9,007 10,220 9,241 8,423 7,074 6,841 6,848   -3,038 -30.7

Elbert

 634 705 698 698 719 665 616 739 643 612 499 498 509   -125 -19.7

Gilpin

 272 337 320 318 269 312 279 289 267 223 199 189 191   -81 -29.8

Jefferson

 21,590 22,532 22,470 21,548 21,396 20,346 18,480 20,001 18,726 16,982 14,876 14,150 14,083   -7,507 -34.8

Park

 538 571 563 583 569 532 509 568 512 476 394 382 388   -150 -27.9

Colorado

 212,590 219,804 219,461 211,931 205,805 199,970 184,411 199,882 190,072 171,047 150,422 143,874 142,483   -70,107 -33.0

United States (in thousands)

 10,264 10,404 10,851 10,486 9,905 9,220 8,829 9,883 9,221 8,556 7,366 6,896 6,302   -3,962 -38.6


(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

 7.0 7.1 7.0 6.7 6.7 6.4 5.9 6.3 6.1 5.5 4.8 4.6 4.5   -2.5

Adams

 7.7 7.7 7.8 7.5 7.3 7.2 6.7 7.1 6.9 6.1 5.6 5.3 5.1   -2.6

Arapahoe

 7.4 7.3 7.2 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.2 6.6 6.5 5.8 5.2 4.9 4.7   -2.7

Broomfield

 5.8 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.1 5.5 5.0 4.6 3.8 3.7 3.7   -2.1

Clear Creek

 7.3 8.1 7.1 6.7 6.5 6.2 5.7 6.4 6.1 5.6 5.0 4.6 4.5   -2.8

Denver

 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.3 7.1 7.0 6.4 6.7 6.6 5.9 5.2 5.0 4.8   -3.0

Douglas

 5.0 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.0 4.5 5.1 4.6 4.2 3.5 3.4 3.4   -1.6

Elbert

 4.2 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.8 4.1 3.9 3.2 3.1 3.2   -1.0

Gilpin

 6.9 8.5 8.1 8.0 6.9 7.8 7.0 7.2 6.7 5.6 5.0 4.7 4.8   -2.1

Jefferson

 6.4 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.4 5.8 5.5 5.0 4.3 4.1 4.1   -2.3

Park

 4.8 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.5 4.9 4.4 4.1 3.4 3.3 3.3   -1.5

Colorado

 6.7 6.9 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.3 5.8 6.3 6.0 5.4 4.7 4.5 4.4   -2.3

United States

 6.4 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.2 5.7 5.5 6.1 5.7 5.3 4.6 4.3 3.9   -2.5

(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
Covered(1)employment and wages, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area and its component counties, 2nd quarter 2021(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 118,358 7,287 1,507,239 96,361 6.8 $1,429 5.7 $27,685,787 15.1

Adams

 12,886 816 228,232 11,004 5.1 1,183 3.9 3,476,798 11.3

Arapahoe

 24,539 1,133 331,058 15,743 5.0 1,398 3.2 5,959,249 11.0

Broomfield

 3,219 209 40,094 2,052 5.4 1,987 12.8 1,023,266 21.0

Clear Creek

 393 12 3,061 439 16.7 948 -13.4 36,928 9.8

Denver

 38,736 2,818 516,426 42,725 9.0 1,601 7.4 10,633,987 18.0

Douglas

 14,172 958 137,927 11,832 9.4 1,396 7.2 2,455,692 21.2

Elbert

 780 51 4,122 359 9.5 981 12.4 50,940 22.3

Gilpin

 200 14 4,148 1,333 47.4 1,104 4.0 57,546 66.4

Jefferson

 22,806 1,241 239,339 10,620 4.6 1,290 4.0 3,962,327 11.5

Park

 627 35 2,832 254 9.9 830 2.2 29,054 14.3

Colorado

 228,862 11,561 2,723,895 179,976 7.1 $1,283 4.4 $44,815,277 14.0

United States

 10,863,217 480,181 144,044,799 8,998,930 6.7 1,241 4.5 2,308,339,309 14.1

(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