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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

 1,649.8 1,637.2 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 1,649.0 6.4 0.4

Colorado

 2,977.0 2,962.6 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 2,966.0 6.6 0.2

United States

 158,268 158,310 158,377 158,485 158,498 158,478 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 160 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

 1,626.2 1,647.4 1,624.5 -1.7 -0.1 2,931.9 -9.5 -0.3 156,728 346 0.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 110.0 110.5 107.4 -2.6 -2.4                

Mining & Logging(2)

             19.9 -1.7 -7.9 595 -20 -3.3

Construction(2)

             181.0 0.1 0.1 8,003 65 0.8

Manufacturing

 65.7 64.4 62.7 -3.0 -4.6 142.6 -4.5 -3.1 12,505 -93 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 295.8 298.2 291.6 -4.2 -1.4 503.9 -4.2 -0.8 28,606 -154 -0.5

Information

 47.6 46.9 45.7 -1.9 -4.0 68.3 -3.2 -4.5 2,782 -69 -2.4

Financial Activities

 116.5 116.6 114.0 -2.5 -2.1 176.2 -4.0 -2.2 9,100 -45 -0.5

Professional & Business Services

 311.6 312.5 311.4 -0.2 -0.1 481.5 -0.4 -0.1 22,040 -45 -0.2

Education & Health Services

 215.6 223.4 226.1 10.5 4.9 406.4 15.3 3.9 27,647 782 2.9

Leisure & Hospitality

 168.7 171.9 168.3 -0.4 -0.2 342.0 -4.5 -1.3 16,252 116 0.7

Other Services

 69.1 70.6 70.7 1.6 2.3 131.6 2.0 1.5 5,957 54 0.9

Government

 225.6 232.4 226.6 1.0 0.4 478.5 -4.4 -0.9 23,241 -245 -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

 87,697 91,137 81,013 82,297 79,256 79,196 69,993 65,504 69,036 - 62,978 63,494 74,376 -13,321 -15.2

Adams

 15,915 16,588 14,860 15,068 14,584 14,462 12,745 11,844 12,554 - 11,240 11,606 13,736 -2,179 -13.7

Arapahoe

 18,144 18,940 17,001 17,456 16,805 16,811 14,803 13,910 14,638 - 13,323 13,222 15,475 -2,669 -14.7

Broomfield

 2,128 2,180 1,961 1,994 1,929 1,926 1,689 1,617 1,728 - 1,587 1,585 1,872 -256 -12.0

Clear Creek

 267 268 242 238 223 240 206 195 191 - 171 161 205 -62 -23.2

Denver

 23,475 24,145 21,255 21,738 20,737 20,895 18,604 17,271 17,956 - 16,788 17,351 19,952 -3,523 -15.0

Douglas

 10,081 10,539 9,491 9,623 9,381 9,303 8,188 7,674 8,242 - 7,365 7,205 8,576 -1,505 -14.9

Elbert

 707 742 649 643 626 608 541 507 546 - 487 478 596 -111 -15.7

Gilpin

 170 176 155 158 150 148 129 118 131 - 123 124 146 -24 -14.1

Jefferson

 16,322 17,052 14,967 14,959 14,412 14,385 12,726 12,036 12,693 - 11,555 11,421 13,407 -2,915 -17.9

Park

 488 507 432 420 409 418 362 332 357 - 339 341 411 -77 -15.8

Colorado

 145,318 149,280 135,998 127,772 129,079 132,124 132,979 126,548 125,539 - 124,890 116,353 138,926 -6,392 -4.4

United States (in thousands)

 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 475 6.4

(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

 4.9 5.2 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.7 3.9 - 3.6 3.6 4.2 -0.7

Adams

 5.2 5.5 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.2 3.9 4.1 - 3.7 3.9 4.6 -0.6

Arapahoe

 4.8 5.0 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.7 3.9 - 3.5 3.5 4.1 -0.7

Broomfield

 4.6 4.8 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.2 3.7 3.5 3.7 - 3.5 3.5 4.1 -0.5

Clear Creek

 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.2 3.9 4.2 3.6 3.4 3.3 - 3.0 2.9 3.7 -1.0

Denver

 5.2 5.4 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.1 3.8 4.0 - 3.7 3.9 4.5 -0.7

Douglas

 4.5 4.7 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.4 3.7 - 3.3 3.2 3.8 -0.7

Elbert

 4.4 4.6 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.1 3.4 - 3.1 3.0 3.8 -0.6

Gilpin

 4.6 4.8 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.4 3.2 3.5 - 3.3 3.3 4.0 -0.6

Jefferson

 4.8 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.2 3.7 3.5 3.7 - 3.4 3.4 4.0 -0.8

Park

 5.1 5.3 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.8 3.5 3.7 - 3.6 3.6 4.3 -0.8

Colorado

 4.5 4.6 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.8 - 3.8 3.6 4.3 -0.2

United States

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