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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

 1,635.4 1,637.0 1,639.7 1,639.6 1,642.8 1,639.5 1,639.8 1,641.5 1,635.7 1,622.3 1,634.5 1,638.8 1,642.8 4.0 0.2

Colorado

 2,969.7 2,974.0 2,970.7 2,973.2 2,976.6 2,974.9 2,975.7 2,977.1 2,977.6 2,966.0 2,973.6 2,988.5 2,991.9 3.4 0.1

United States

 157,828 157,915 158,003 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,422 159,561 139 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

 1,641.6 1,632.5 1,647.2 5.6 0.3 2,990.6 19.1 0.6 159,964 1,708 1.1

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 113.5 110.7 113.4 -0.1 -0.1                

Mining & Logging(2)

             21.9 0.3 1.4 624 0 0.0

Construction(2)

             186.2 -2.2 -1.2 8,354 117 1.4

Manufacturing

 67.9 67.0 67.4 -0.5 -0.7 150.6 0.5 0.3 12,740 -89 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 293.4 288.4 288.7 -4.7 -1.6 500.2 -4.2 -0.8 28,954 160 0.6

Information

 48.7 50.5 51.5 2.8 5.7 75.7 2.0 2.7 2,928 -11 -0.4

Financial Activities

 114.3 115.0 115.6 1.3 1.1 175.8 -1.7 -1.0 9,223 97 1.1

Professional & Business Services

 321.3 317.7 317.2 -4.1 -1.3 493.7 -6.1 -1.2 22,618 -64 -0.3

Education & Health Services

 212.7 216.7 217.3 4.6 2.2 390.8 7.7 2.0 27,296 921 3.5

Leisure & Hospitality

 174.1 170.4 176.6 2.5 1.4 357.0 11.5 3.3 17,331 255 1.5

Other Services

 70.4 68.7 70.1 -0.3 -0.4 132.5 -0.1 -0.1 6,059 76 1.3

Government

 225.3 227.4 229.4 4.1 1.8 506.2 11.4 2.3 23,837 246 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

 68,128 75,962 81,539 81,448 75,858 79,285 83,167 80,861 87,697 91,137 81,013 82,297 79,235 11,107 16.3

Adams

 12,349 13,754 14,637 14,540 13,646 14,090 14,826 14,613 15,915 16,588 14,860 15,068 14,550 2,201 17.8

Arapahoe

 14,362 16,028 17,117 17,006 15,842 16,444 17,317 16,588 18,144 18,940 17,001 17,456 16,785 2,423 16.9

Broomfield

 1,674 1,892 2,029 2,020 1,873 1,989 2,076 2,006 2,128 2,180 1,961 1,994 1,924 250 14.9

Clear Creek

 203 240 261 252 216 232 256 256 267 268 242 238 224 21 10.3

Denver

 17,650 19,624 21,430 21,358 19,947 20,990 21,926 22,024 23,475 24,145 21,255 21,738 20,754 3,104 17.6

Douglas

 8,222 9,162 9,719 9,830 9,112 9,413 9,901 9,233 10,081 10,539 9,491 9,623 9,385 1,163 14.1

Elbert

 554 630 666 667 607 633 688 627 707 742 649 643 628 74 13.4

Gilpin

 124 129 134 142 130 144 145 143 170 176 155 158 152 28 22.6

Jefferson

 12,636 14,111 15,131 15,211 14,080 14,914 15,569 14,919 16,322 17,052 14,967 14,959 14,425 1,789 14.2

Park

 354 392 415 422 405 436 463 452 488 507 432 420 408 54 15.3

Colorado

 128,112 142,814 151,917 151,167 140,514 146,116 155,096 148,046 162,865 170,227 151,042 151,962 148,199 20,087 15.7

United States (in thousands)

 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 580 9.3

(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

 3.9 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.9 5.2 4.6 4.6 4.5 0.6

Adams

 4.1 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.9 4.8 5.2 5.5 4.9 5.0 4.8 0.7

Arapahoe

 3.8 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.8 5.0 4.5 4.6 4.5 0.7

Broomfield

 3.7 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.3 4.4 4.2 0.5

Clear Creek

 3.6 4.2 4.5 4.4 3.7 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.2 3.9 0.3

Denver

 4.0 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.9 5.2 5.4 4.8 4.8 4.6 0.6

Douglas

 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.1 4.5 4.7 4.3 4.3 4.2 0.5

Elbert

 3.4 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.9 4.3 3.9 4.4 4.6 4.0 4.0 3.9 0.5

Gilpin

 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.6 4.8 4.2 4.2 4.1 0.7

Jefferson

 3.7 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.8 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.2 0.5

Park

 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.5 4.8 4.7 5.1 5.3 4.5 4.4 4.3 0.6

Colorado

 3.9 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.7 4.5 5.0 5.2 4.6 4.6 4.5 0.6

United States

 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 0.3

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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, 4th quarter 2024(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA

 123,105 -13,487 1,613,372 -4,341 -0.3 $1,750 4.9 $36,742,735 4.7

Adams

 13,402 -1,326 254,694 5,082 2.0 1,497 6.0 4,940,281 8.4

Arapahoe

 24,954 -2,749 340,240 -1,809 -0.5 1,665 2.2 7,378,226 1.7

Broomfield

 3,341 -337 41,986 -1,598 -3.7 2,245 6.5 1,225,296 2.5

Clear Creek

 379 -49 3,523 17 0.5 1,194 -2.5 52,407 -2.7

Denver

 40,393 -4,851 563,739 -7,617 -1.3 1,979 6.1 14,536,682 4.8

Douglas

 15,217 -1,565 148,193 1,819 1.2 1,717 7.4 3,302,372 9.1

Elbert

 845 -77 4,937 63 1.3 1,212 2.8 78,731 4.3

Gilpin

 218 -24 4,748 161 3.5 1,585 26.5 97,368 30.8

Jefferson

 23,700 -2,441 248,223 -473 -0.2 1,572 3.5 5,085,321 3.3

Park

 656 -68 3,089 14 0.5 1,132 9.7 46,051 10.1

Colorado

 236,618 -23,307 2,911,250 -8,613 -0.3 $1,594 5.1 $60,261,114 4.8

United States

 12,265,395 255,970 156,202,874 1,188,409 0.8 1,507 5.0 3,062,610,422 6.0

(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