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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

 1,639.6 1,642.8 1,639.5 1,639.8 1,641.5 1,635.7 1,622.3 1,634.5 1,638.8 1,640.2 1,642.1 1,642.8 1,639.9 -2.9 -0.2

Colorado

 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 2,986.1 2,983.4 2,988.5 2,991.5 3.0 0.1

United States

 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,433 159,452 159,439 159,518 159,540 22 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

 1,651.3 1,653.4 1,647.5 -3.8 -0.2 2,999.7 11.7 0.4 159,410 1,340 0.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 115.6 115.5 113.9 -1.7 -1.5                

Mining & Logging(2)

             22.1 -0.1 -0.5 617 -14 -2.2

Construction(2)

             191.2 0.1 0.1 8,505 47 0.6

Manufacturing

 67.0 67.5 66.7 -0.3 -0.4 149.1 -0.3 -0.2 12,783 -85 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 296.9 292.8 292.6 -4.3 -1.4 507.6 -2.8 -0.5 28,940 136 0.5

Information

 48.9 51.9 51.8 2.9 5.9 75.2 1.9 2.6 2,950 -6 -0.2

Financial Activities

 116.8 117.5 115.8 -1.0 -0.9 175.8 -4.3 -2.4 9,305 76 0.8

Professional & Business Services

 323.1 318.6 318.1 -5.0 -1.5 495.4 -5.0 -1.0 22,646 -68 -0.3

Education & Health Services

 211.8 214.5 216.0 4.2 2.0 388.5 6.8 1.8 27,169 847 3.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 181.8 183.1 179.8 -2.0 -1.1 374.7 8.0 2.2 17,688 221 1.3

Other Services

 71.4 69.7 69.5 -1.9 -2.7 133.8 -0.6 -0.4 6,099 74 1.2

Government

 218.0 222.3 223.3 5.3 2.4 486.3 8.0 1.7 22,708 112 0.5

(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

 81,448 75,858 79,285 83,167 80,861 87,697 91,137 81,013 82,297 79,256 79,196 69,993 65,469 -15,979 -19.6

Adams

 14,540 13,646 14,090 14,826 14,613 15,915 16,588 14,860 15,068 14,584 14,462 12,745 11,826 -2,714 -18.7

Arapahoe

 17,006 15,842 16,444 17,317 16,588 18,144 18,940 17,001 17,456 16,805 16,811 14,803 13,897 -3,109 -18.3

Broomfield

 2,020 1,873 1,989 2,076 2,006 2,128 2,180 1,961 1,994 1,929 1,926 1,689 1,616 -404 -20.0

Clear Creek

 252 216 232 256 256 267 268 242 238 223 240 206 195 -57 -22.6

Denver

 21,358 19,947 20,990 21,926 22,024 23,475 24,145 21,255 21,738 20,737 20,895 18,604 17,282 -4,076 -19.1

Douglas

 9,830 9,112 9,413 9,901 9,233 10,081 10,539 9,491 9,623 9,381 9,303 8,188 7,665 -2,165 -22.0

Elbert

 667 607 633 688 627 707 742 649 643 626 608 541 508 -159 -23.8

Gilpin

 142 130 144 145 143 170 176 155 158 150 148 129 118 -24 -16.9

Jefferson

 15,211 14,080 14,914 15,569 14,919 16,322 17,052 14,967 14,959 14,412 14,385 12,726 12,028 -3,183 -20.9

Park

 422 405 436 463 452 488 507 432 420 409 418 362 334 -88 -20.9

Colorado

 151,167 140,514 146,116 155,096 148,046 162,865 170,227 151,042 151,962 148,198 146,905 129,321 120,471 -30,696 -20.3

United States (in thousands)

 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 332 4.5

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

 4.5 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.9 5.2 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.7 -0.8

Adams

 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.9 4.8 5.2 5.5 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.2 3.9 -0.9

Arapahoe

 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.8 5.0 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.7 -0.8

Broomfield

 4.4 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.2 3.7 3.5 -0.9

Clear Creek

 4.4 3.7 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.2 3.9 4.2 3.6 3.4 -1.0

Denver

 4.7 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.9 5.2 5.4 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.1 3.8 -0.9

Douglas

 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.1 4.5 4.7 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.4 -0.9

Elbert

 4.0 3.7 3.9 4.3 3.9 4.4 4.6 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.1 -0.9

Gilpin

 3.8 3.5 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.6 4.8 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.4 3.2 -0.6

Jefferson

 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.8 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.2 3.7 3.5 -0.9

Park

 4.4 4.2 4.5 4.8 4.7 5.1 5.3 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.8 3.5 -0.9

Colorado

 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.7 4.5 5.0 5.2 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 3.9 3.7 -0.9

United States

 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 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, 1st quarter 2025(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA

 127,032 -11,938 1,586,283 2,530 0.2 $1,890 4.0 $39,022,172 4.2

Adams

 13,855 -1,164 247,059 4,236 1.7 1,427 1.9 4,592,957 3.6

Arapahoe

 25,619 -2,482 336,736 1,542 0.5 1,846 3.5 8,082,101 3.8

Broomfield

 3,471 -272 39,970 -1,406 -3.4 2,308 -1.2 1,206,332 -4.3

Clear Creek

 387 -52 3,521 188 5.6 1,274 -8.6 58,583 -3.4

Denver

 41,742 -4,228 555,257 -5,784 -1.0 2,244 5.6 16,239,100 4.8

Douglas

 15,762 -1,415 146,517 2,560 1.8 1,826 3.9 3,485,317 5.7

Elbert

 864 -80 4,934 187 3.9 1,200 2.8 77,594 8.8

Gilpin

 227 -18 4,717 133 2.9 1,226 -4.7 75,191 -0.6

Jefferson

 24,432 -2,156 244,633 888 0.4 1,628 4.4 5,163,903 4.6

Park

 673 -71 2,939 -14 -0.5 1,072 6.7 41,094 6.8

Colorado

 242,446 -21,166 2,862,747 3,343 0.1 $1,681 4.2 $62,633,118 4.5

United States

 12,249,320 341,465 154,523,785 675,355 0.4 1,589 4.1 3,182,535,733 4.8

(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