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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)
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Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA

 1,640.9 1,642.5 1,643.5 1,628.4 1,641.8 1,642.1 1,641.9 1,643.1 1,640.9 1,642.6 1,645.1 1,632.8 1,632.3 -0.5 0.0

Colorado

 2,963.4 2,963.9 2,966.4 2,942.2 2,961.6 2,963.7 2,962.6 2,961.0 2,961.1 2,959.4 2,960.7 2,953.2 2,954.6 1.4 0.0

United States

 158,377 158,485 158,498 158,478 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 158,436 158,621 185 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-Centennial, CO MSA Colorado U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 1,624.8 1,617.6 1,617.7 -7.1 -0.4 2,937.6 -4.7 -0.2 157,769 229 0.1

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 110.2 109.7 109.9 -0.3 -0.3                

Mining & Logging(2)

             20.3 -1.1 -5.1 598 -17 -2.8

Construction(2)

             182.9 0.9 0.5 8,088 39 0.5

Manufacturing

 65.4 63.0 63.1 -2.3 -3.5 143.5 -3.2 -2.2 12,553 -67 -0.5

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 290.4 285.8 284.5 -5.9 -2.0 496.2 -3.6 -0.7 28,417 -137 -0.5

Information

 47.1 44.9 44.3 -2.8 -5.9 66.7 -4.2 -5.9 2,772 -84 -2.9

Financial Activities

 116.4 112.9 113.2 -3.2 -2.7 175.7 -3.9 -2.2 9,073 -72 -0.8

Professional & Business Services

 310.4 309.5 309.3 -1.1 -0.4 479.5 -1.0 -0.2 22,214 -6 0.0

Education & Health Services

 215.9 226.4 225.5 9.6 4.4 408.9 17.3 4.4 27,883 652 2.4

Leisure & Hospitality

 168.0 166.2 167.7 -0.3 -0.2 346.3 0.2 0.1 16,543 137 0.8

Other Services

 68.9 68.1 68.0 -0.9 -1.3 127.9 -1.4 -1.1 5,984 34 0.6

Government

 232.1 231.1 232.2 0.1 0.0 489.7 -4.7 -1.0 23,644 -250 -1.0

(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

 72,929 69,150 68,995 71,198 71,968 68,776 67,596 - 67,394 63,268 74,369 75,535 64,599 -8,330 -11.4

Adams

 13,356 12,625 12,662 12,969 13,069 12,408 12,267 - 12,018 11,554 13,736 13,894 12,000 -1,356 -10.2

Arapahoe

 15,372 14,743 14,698 15,162 15,265 14,641 14,378 - 14,262 13,181 15,474 15,759 13,599 -1,773 -11.5

Broomfield

 1,780 1,687 1,690 1,742 1,746 1,706 1,709 - 1,707 1,586 1,871 1,920 1,621 -159 -8.9

Clear Creek

 215 198 193 212 208 200 185 - 180 158 205 209 171 -44 -20.5

Denver

 19,128 18,272 18,059 18,787 19,120 18,126 17,582 - 17,954 17,275 19,950 20,217 17,270 -1,858 -9.7

Douglas

 8,582 8,099 8,187 8,399 8,473 8,116 8,125 - 7,955 7,250 8,575 8,776 7,505 -1,077 -12.5

Elbert

 584 539 544 545 553 532 534 - 521 475 596 609 525 -59 -10.1

Gilpin

 138 132 129 130 130 122 126 - 132 122 146 150 114 -24 -17.4

Jefferson

 13,376 12,491 12,467 12,860 13,020 12,568 12,336 - 12,296 11,321 13,405 13,591 11,453 -1,923 -14.4

Park

 398 364 366 392 384 357 354 - 369 346 411 410 341 -57 -14.3

Colorado

 135,998 127,772 129,079 132,124 132,979 126,548 125,539 - 124,890 116,353 138,913 141,215 120,159 -15,839 -11.6

United States (in thousands)

 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 8,052 7,337 95 1.3

(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

 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.8 - 3.8 3.6 4.2 4.3 3.7 -0.4

Adams

 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.0 - 3.9 3.8 4.6 4.7 4.0 -0.4

Arapahoe

 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.8 - 3.8 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.7 -0.4

Broomfield

 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 - 3.7 3.5 4.1 4.3 3.6 -0.3

Clear Creek

 3.9 3.5 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.3 - 3.2 2.9 3.7 3.8 3.1 -0.8

Denver

 4.3 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.0 3.9 - 4.0 3.8 4.5 4.6 3.9 -0.4

Douglas

 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 - 3.5 3.2 3.8 4.0 3.4 -0.4

Elbert

 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.3 - 3.2 3.0 3.8 3.9 3.3 -0.3

Gilpin

 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.4 - 3.6 3.3 4.0 4.1 3.2 -0.6

Jefferson

 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.6 - 3.6 3.4 4.0 4.1 3.5 -0.5

Park

 4.2 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.7 - 3.9 3.7 4.3 4.4 3.6 -0.6

Colorado

 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.8 - 3.8 3.6 4.3 4.4 3.8 -0.4

United States

 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.3 0.1

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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 employment and wages(1), Denver-Aurora-Centennial metropolitan area and its component counties, 3rd quarter 2025(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA

 130,744 309 1,600,146 -10,958 -0.7 $1,719 5.5 $35,968,705 5.0

Adams

 14,262 127 249,116 -2,834 -1.1 1,439 4.0 4,664,160 3.2

Arapahoe

 26,235 -169 339,135 -531 -0.2 1,623 3.0 7,203,491 3.0

Broomfield

 3,577 58 40,697 -1,095 -2.6 2,525 16.8 1,348,299 13.7

Clear Creek

 405 -9 3,160 63 2.0 1,402 16.7 60,340 17.7

Denver

 43,063 21 560,137 -6,287 -1.1 1,971 6.6 14,399,007 5.6

Douglas

 16,303 178 148,862 1,220 0.8 1,614 5.0 3,162,708 6.0

Elbert

 890 -20 5,141 221 4.5 1,215 10.2 82,852 16.8

Gilpin

 228 3 4,811 58 1.2 1,364 17.3 88,185 20.0

Jefferson

 25,096 130 245,901 -1,775 -0.7 1,522 5.1 4,911,828 4.6

Park

 685 -10 3,186 2 0.1 1,112 4.1 47,837 5.4

Colorado

 252,878 2,175 2,886,397 -18,270 -0.6 $1,570 5.7 $59,242,513 5.1

United States

 12,353,804 251,610 155,767,691 123,258 0.1 1,459 4.7 2,946,280,747 5.0

(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