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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Table

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Denver metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 1,534.0 1,539.5 1,542.5 1,545.6 1,547.4 1,551.5 1,556.0 1,559.8 1,559.3 1,548.9 1,376.8 1,397.2 1,430.6 33.4 2.4

Colorado

 2,780.1 2,791.5 2,797.4 2,799.5 2,799.7 2,808.9 2,813.5 2,813.8 2,813.4 2,796.9 2,471.1 2,542.1 2,597.1 55.0 2.2

United States

 150,759 150,953 151,160 151,368 151,553 151,814 151,998 152,212 152,463 151,090 130,303 133,002 137,802 4,800 3.6

Footnotes
(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-Lakewood, Colo. MSA Colorado U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 1,548.6 1,401.1 1,447.9 -100.7 -6.5 2,620.5 -177.9 -6.4 138,513 -13,226 -8.7

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 114.0 103.5 104.9 -9.1 -8.0                

Mining & Logging(2)

             24.4 -4.9 -16.7 628 -118 -15.8

Construction(2)

             176.5 -6.8 -3.7 7,359 -340 -4.4

Manufacturing

 70.8 70.6 73.1 2.3 3.2 148.7 -2.2 -1.5 12,169 -753 -5.8

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 277.9 252.9 259.4 -18.5 -6.7 448.8 -26.8 -5.6 25,753 -1,945 -7.0

Information

 51.1 50.9 50.9 -0.2 -0.4 74.0 -2.4 -3.1 2,586 -288 -10.0

Financial Activities

 112.6 108.9 108.3 -4.3 -3.8 171.5 -2.1 -1.2 8,650 -133 -1.5

Professional & Business Services

 283.3 276.0 281.1 -2.2 -0.8 443.0 -0.2 0.0 19,836 -1,592 -7.4

Education & Health Services

 191.5 178.4 180.6 -10.9 -5.7 323.8 -21.7 -6.3 22,569 -1,370 -5.7

Leisure & Hospitality

 179.8 107.2 136.9 -42.9 -23.9 270.1 -85.6 -24.1 12,556 -4,663 -27.1

Other Services

 59.5 47.9 51.1 -8.4 -14.1 103.4 -11.1 -9.7 5,254 -716 -12.0

Government

 208.1 204.8 201.6 -6.5 -3.1 436.3 -14.1 -3.1 21,153 -1,308 -5.8

Footnotes
(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-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 47,514 44,060 43,444 39,294 39,124 38,272 38,167 45,896 47,563 85,957 201,569 171,888 189,200   141,686 298.2

Adams

 8,447 7,987 7,718 7,020 6,925 6,835 6,957 8,521 9,086 15,938 33,957 29,203 32,785   24,338 288.1

Arapahoe

 10,730 10,000 9,802 8,889 8,842 8,656 8,548 10,199 10,439 19,061 44,775 39,063 43,579   32,849 306.1

Broomfield

 1,091 973 973 892 890 873 844 1,002 1,075 1,962 4,321 3,778 4,153   3,062 280.7

Clear Creek

 175 167 153 142 129 124 119 140 160 292 982 843 824   649 370.9

Denver

 11,969 11,223 11,092 9,989 9,968 9,753 9,827 11,859 12,165 22,181 55,735 47,809 51,878   39,909 333.4

Douglas

 5,099 4,638 4,632 4,233 4,210 4,053 3,893 4,600 4,833 8,704 18,817 15,475 17,116   12,017 235.7

Elbert

 372 317 324 285 286 290 281 358 370 690 1,089 862 1,058   686 184.4

Gilpin

 102 91 80 77 78 76 73 90 85 153 994 908 856   754 739.2

Jefferson

 9,236 8,395 8,416 7,536 7,571 7,386 7,386 8,842 9,055 16,461 39,813 33,051 35,985   26,749 289.6

Park

 293 269 254 231 225 226 239 285 295 515 1,086 896 966   673 229.7

Colorado

 92,508 85,711 83,635 75,467 75,314 74,970 74,703 90,179 93,770 167,668 369,691 306,981 340,422   247,914 268.0

United States (in thousands)

 6,292 6,556 6,203 5,465 5,510 5,441 5,503 6,504 6,218 7,370 22,504 20,514 18,072   11,780 187.2

Footnotes
(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-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.8 5.2 12.3 10.5 11.0   8.2

Adams

 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.1 3.2 5.8 12.6 10.8 11.6   8.6

Arapahoe

 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.8 5.2 12.4 10.8 11.5   8.6

Broomfield

 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.6 4.9 11.1 9.6 10.1   7.4

Clear Creek

 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.3 2.6 4.8 15.8 13.6 12.9   10.1

Denver

 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.8 2.8 5.3 13.4 11.5 11.9   9.1

Douglas

 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.4 4.5 10.1 8.2 8.7   6.1

Elbert

 2.4 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.8 2.3 2.4 4.6 7.6 6.0 7.1   4.7

Gilpin

 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.3 2.2 4.1 23.3 21.3 19.7   17.1

Jefferson

 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.6 4.9 12.1 10.0 10.4   7.7

Park

 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.5 2.6 4.6 10.1 8.3 8.6   6.0

Colorado

 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.8 2.9 5.4 12.2 10.0 10.7   7.8

United States

 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 4.0 3.8 4.5 14.4 13.0 11.2   7.4

Footnotes
(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(1)employment and wages, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area and its component counties, 4th quarter 2019(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 108,791 4,336 1,539,992 38,624 2.6 $1,350 4.1 $26,990,957 6.8

Adams

 11,741 419 232,961 12,776 5.8 1,121 2.6 3,372,217 8.5

Arapahoe

 23,016 727 338,214 3,464 1.0 1,354 3.7 5,955,355 4.7

Broomfield

 2,962 90 40,671 615 1.5 1,606 4.3 846,134 6.2

Clear Creek

 378 2 3,490 65 1.9 933 3.1 40,024 6.2

Denver

 35,161 1,629 535,267 11,993 2.3 1,458 3.1 10,153,580 5.5

Douglas

 12,897 612 133,508 5,895 4.6 1,511 18.7 2,605,014 24.2

Elbert

 708 34 3,803 100 2.7 954 7.0 48,022 10.9

Gilpin

 184 10 4,623 -112 -2.4 861 -2.8 51,348 -6.0

Jefferson

 21,173 805 244,953 3,694 1.5 1,221 0.8 3,891,805 2.7

Park

 571 8 2,502 134 5.7 830 2.5 27,460 5.9

Colorado

 211,714 5,382 2,772,620 58,458 2.2 $1,227 4.0 $44,078,615 6.3

United States

 10,384,120 246,894 149,857,130 1,727,935 1.2 1,185 3.5 2,308,325,349 4.8

Footnotes
(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