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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

 1,639.0 1,631.6 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 1,630.3 8.0 0.5

Colorado

 2,970.5 2,958.8 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 2,972.8 6.8 0.2

United States

 157,517 157,635 157,828 157,915 158,003 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,170 159,398 228 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

 1,622.9 1,611.9 1,616.1 -6.8 -0.4 2,954.9 1.7 0.1 158,506 1,894 1.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 108.7 108.7 108.9 0.2 0.2                

Mining & Logging(2)

             21.8 0.5 2.3 618 -12 -1.9

Construction(2)

             179.4 -1.5 -0.8 8,079 140 1.8

Manufacturing

 67.6 67.2 67.5 -0.1 -0.1 150.1 0.8 0.5 12,710 -80 -0.6

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 291.7 283.3 288.3 -3.4 -1.2 501.2 -1.5 -0.3 28,911 297 1.0

Information

 50.0 49.7 49.5 -0.5 -1.0 73.9 -1.5 -2.0 2,922 -18 -0.6

Financial Activities

 115.0 114.9 115.6 0.6 0.5 176.9 -1.2 -0.7 9,188 94 1.0

Professional & Business Services

 317.9 314.1 313.2 -4.7 -1.5 487.4 -6.9 -1.4 22,357 -39 -0.2

Education & Health Services

 210.7 215.3 212.5 1.8 0.9 384.4 1.4 0.4 27,232 907 3.4

Leisure & Hospitality

 169.2 165.7 164.9 -4.3 -2.5 349.4 0.3 0.1 16,572 210 1.3

Other Services

 70.3 67.3 68.7 -1.6 -2.3 130.5 -1.5 -1.1 5,996 91 1.5

Government

 221.8 225.7 227.0 5.2 2.3 499.9 12.8 2.6 23,921 304 1.3

(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

 65,484 65,655 68,128 75,962 81,539 81,448 75,858 79,285 83,167 80,861 87,697 91,137 80,947 15,463 23.6

Adams

 12,004 11,894 12,349 13,754 14,637 14,540 13,646 14,090 14,826 14,613 15,915 16,588 14,817 2,813 23.4

Arapahoe

 13,711 13,692 14,362 16,028 17,117 17,006 15,842 16,444 17,317 16,588 18,144 18,940 16,953 3,242 23.6

Broomfield

 1,645 1,616 1,674 1,892 2,029 2,020 1,873 1,989 2,076 2,006 2,128 2,180 1,965 320 19.5

Clear Creek

 189 211 203 240 261 252 216 232 256 256 267 268 242 53 28.0

Denver

 17,201 17,601 17,650 19,624 21,430 21,358 19,947 20,990 21,926 22,024 23,475 24,145 21,265 4,064 23.6

Douglas

 7,611 7,577 8,222 9,162 9,719 9,830 9,112 9,413 9,901 9,233 10,081 10,539 9,492 1,881 24.7

Elbert

 532 505 554 630 666 667 607 633 688 627 707 742 650 118 22.2

Gilpin

 127 130 124 129 134 142 130 144 145 143 170 176 154 27 21.3

Jefferson

 12,101 12,085 12,636 14,111 15,131 15,211 14,080 14,914 15,569 14,919 16,322 17,052 14,980 2,879 23.8

Park

 363 344 354 392 415 422 405 436 463 452 488 507 429 66 18.2

Colorado

 122,073 120,480 128,112 142,814 151,917 151,167 140,514 146,116 155,096 148,046 162,865 170,227 150,994 28,921 23.7

United States (in thousands)

 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 638 9.7

(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

 3.7 3.7 3.9 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.9 5.2 4.6 0.9

Adams

 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.9 4.8 5.2 5.5 4.9 0.9

Arapahoe

 3.7 3.7 3.8 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.8 5.0 4.5 0.8

Broomfield

 3.6 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.3 0.7

Clear Creek

 3.3 3.7 3.6 4.2 4.5 4.4 3.7 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.3 1.0

Denver

 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.9 5.2 5.4 4.8 0.9

Douglas

 3.4 3.4 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.1 4.5 4.7 4.3 0.9

Elbert

 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.9 4.3 3.9 4.4 4.6 4.0 0.7

Gilpin

 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.6 4.8 4.2 0.8

Jefferson

 3.6 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.8 5.0 4.4 0.8

Park

 3.8 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.5 4.8 4.7 5.1 5.3 4.5 0.7

Colorado

 3.8 3.7 3.9 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.7 4.5 5.0 5.2 4.6 0.8

United States

 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 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, 3rd quarter 2024(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA

 129,923 -3,606 1,609,257 6,618 0.4 $1,627 4.2 $34,218,030 4.7

Adams

 14,089 -332 251,616 4,394 1.8 1,383 4.0 4,513,176 5.3

Arapahoe

 26,333 -819 339,183 -724 -0.2 1,581 2.8 7,014,715 2.6

Broomfield

 3,507 -78 41,733 -1,423 -3.3 2,088 3.4 1,144,257 0.3

Clear Creek

 413 -8 3,086 -93 -2.9 1,203 -5.2 51,304 -4.1

Denver

 42,869 -1,349 567,038 -1,336 -0.2 1,843 5.9 13,624,100 5.7

Douglas

 16,044 -281 146,916 4,568 3.2 1,537 4.8 2,975,466 8.0

Elbert

 900 8 4,904 115 2.4 1,100 3.3 70,616 6.2

Gilpin

 224 -10 4,747 360 8.2 1,163 -14.2 73,491 -6.4

Jefferson

 24,855 -728 246,863 659 0.3 1,452 3.1 4,705,706 3.5

Park

 689 -9 3,171 98 3.2 1,067 10.5 45,201 12.9

Colorado

 250,770 -4,431 2,902,096 14,785 0.5 $1,486 3.8 $56,379,229 4.5

United States

 12,297,414 393,630 155,360,357 1,300,697 0.8 1,394 4.5 2,803,068,632 5.5

(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