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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

 1,631.6 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 1,634.5 1,636.8 2.3 0.1

Colorado

 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 2,973.6 2,982.0 8.4 0.3

United States

 157,635 157,828 157,915 158,003 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,340 159,517 177 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

 1,627.7 1,619.2 1,631.7 4.0 0.2 2,970.9 14.7 0.5 159,316 1,878 1.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 111.0 109.3 110.8 -0.2 -0.2                

Mining & Logging(2)

             21.9 0.4 1.9 620 -4 -0.6

Construction(2)

             182.2 -0.5 -0.3 8,226 137 1.7

Manufacturing

 67.5 67.3 66.5 -1.0 -1.5 148.4 -1.0 -0.7 12,716 -85 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 292.1 288.8 287.6 -4.5 -1.5 500.2 -3.2 -0.6 28,915 259 0.9

Information

 49.8 50.8 50.8 1.0 2.0 74.9 0.1 0.1 2,922 -12 -0.4

Financial Activities

 114.1 115.3 114.8 0.7 0.6 175.8 -1.0 -0.6 9,202 105 1.2

Professional & Business Services

 317.2 315.3 317.3 0.1 0.0 491.1 -4.4 -0.9 22,577 -16 -0.1

Education & Health Services

 213.8 212.7 217.4 3.6 1.7 390.1 4.3 1.1 27,321 894 3.4

Leisure & Hospitality

 170.2 164.9 169.5 -0.7 -0.4 354.6 7.8 2.2 16,857 217 1.3

Other Services

 69.9 68.4 69.1 -0.8 -1.1 130.7 -0.8 -0.6 6,021 78 1.3

Government

 222.1 226.4 227.9 5.8 2.6 501.0 13.0 2.7 23,939 305 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

 65,655 68,128 75,962 81,539 81,448 75,858 79,285 83,167 80,861 87,697 91,137 81,013 82,007 16,352 24.9

Adams

 11,894 12,349 13,754 14,637 14,540 13,646 14,090 14,826 14,613 15,915 16,588 14,860 15,004 3,110 26.1

Arapahoe

 13,692 14,362 16,028 17,117 17,006 15,842 16,444 17,317 16,588 18,144 18,940 17,001 17,388 3,696 27.0

Broomfield

 1,616 1,674 1,892 2,029 2,020 1,873 1,989 2,076 2,006 2,128 2,180 1,961 1,984 368 22.8

Clear Creek

 211 203 240 261 252 216 232 256 256 267 268 242 237 26 12.3

Denver

 17,601 17,650 19,624 21,430 21,358 19,947 20,990 21,926 22,024 23,475 24,145 21,255 21,669 4,068 23.1

Douglas

 7,577 8,222 9,162 9,719 9,830 9,112 9,413 9,901 9,233 10,081 10,539 9,491 9,582 2,005 26.5

Elbert

 505 554 630 666 667 607 633 688 627 707 742 649 640 135 26.7

Gilpin

 130 124 129 134 142 130 144 145 143 170 176 155 156 26 20.0

Jefferson

 12,085 12,636 14,111 15,131 15,211 14,080 14,914 15,569 14,919 16,322 17,052 14,967 14,929 2,844 23.5

Park

 344 354 392 415 422 405 436 463 452 488 507 432 418 74 21.5

Colorado

 120,480 128,112 142,814 151,917 151,167 140,514 146,116 155,096 148,046 162,865 170,227 151,042 151,432 30,952 25.7

United States (in thousands)

 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,580 686 11.6

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

Adams

 4.0 4.1 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.9 4.8 5.2 5.5 4.9 5.0 1.0

Arapahoe

 3.7 3.8 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.8 5.0 4.5 4.6 0.9

Broomfield

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

Clear Creek

 3.7 3.6 4.2 4.5 4.4 3.7 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.1 0.4

Denver

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

Douglas

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

Elbert

 3.1 3.4 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.9 4.3 3.9 4.4 4.6 4.0 3.9 0.8

Gilpin

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

Jefferson

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

Park

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

Colorado

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

United States

 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 0.4

(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
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