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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)
Area

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Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA

 1,643.5 1,628.4 1,641.8 1,642.1 1,641.9 1,643.1 1,640.9 1,642.6 1,645.1 1,632.8 1,633.0 1,638.2 1,636.1 -2.1 -0.1

Colorado

 2,966.4 2,942.2 2,961.6 2,963.7 2,962.6 2,961.0 2,961.1 2,959.4 2,960.7 2,953.2 2,956.0 2,966.9 2,966.5 -0.4 0.0

United States

 158,498 158,478 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 158,436 158,650 158,829 159,001 172 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

 1,649.2 1,633.8 1,639.8 -9.4 -0.6 2,965.0 -1.2 0.0 159,467 435 0.3

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 112.0 111.3 112.6 0.6 0.5                

Mining & Logging(2)

             20.2 -1.0 -4.7 612 -6 -1.0

Construction(2)

             188.9 2.8 1.5 8,384 58 0.7

Manufacturing

 65.2 63.3 63.5 -1.7 -2.6 144.2 -1.9 -1.3 12,595 -47 -0.4

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 290.4 284.6 284.9 -5.5 -1.9 497.6 -1.6 -0.3 28,595 -36 -0.1

Information

 46.2 44.4 44.3 -1.9 -4.1 66.7 -3.6 -5.1 2,776 -87 -3.0

Financial Activities

 117.6 113.2 112.4 -5.2 -4.4 173.6 -6.5 -3.6 9,079 -107 -1.2

Professional & Business Services

 316.3 314.4 314.7 -1.6 -0.5 491.1 0.2 0.0 22,532 39 0.2

Education & Health Services

 219.3 229.6 228.9 9.6 4.4 413.1 16.2 4.1 27,903 629 2.3

Leisure & Hospitality

 176.4 172.2 176.1 -0.3 -0.2 347.0 2.1 0.6 17,309 147 0.9

Other Services

 70.7 67.8 68.0 -2.7 -3.8 127.3 -4.3 -3.3 6,053 32 0.5

Government

 235.1 233.0 234.4 -0.7 -0.3 495.3 -3.6 -0.7 23,629 -187 -0.8

(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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Number Percent

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA

 68,995 71,198 71,968 68,776 67,596 - 67,394 63,268 74,369 75,535 64,672 60,254 63,180 -5,815 -8.4

Adams

 12,662 12,969 13,069 12,408 12,267 - 12,018 11,554 13,736 13,894 12,030 11,161 11,635 -1,027 -8.1

Arapahoe

 14,698 15,162 15,265 14,641 14,378 - 14,262 13,181 15,474 15,759 13,621 12,755 13,389 -1,309 -8.9

Broomfield

 1,690 1,742 1,746 1,706 1,709 - 1,707 1,586 1,871 1,920 1,618 1,497 1,589 -101 -6.0

Clear Creek

 193 212 208 200 185 - 180 158 205 209 171 158 182 -11 -5.7

Denver

 18,059 18,787 19,120 18,126 17,582 - 17,954 17,275 19,950 20,217 17,289 16,203 16,783 -1,276 -7.1

Douglas

 8,187 8,399 8,473 8,116 8,125 - 7,955 7,250 8,575 8,776 7,502 6,990 7,388 -799 -9.8

Elbert

 544 545 553 532 534 - 521 475 596 609 526 472 513 -31 -5.7

Gilpin

 129 130 130 122 126 - 132 122 146 150 113 107 109 -20 -15.5

Jefferson

 12,467 12,860 13,020 12,568 12,336 - 12,296 11,321 13,405 13,591 11,460 10,608 11,256 -1,211 -9.7

Park

 366 392 384 357 354 - 369 346 411 410 342 303 336 -30 -8.2

Colorado

 129,079 132,124 132,979 126,548 125,539 - 124,890 116,353 138,913 141,215 120,233 111,915 118,463 -10,616 -8.2

United States (in thousands)

 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 8,052 7,337 6,768 6,904 89 1.3

(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

 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.8 - 3.8 3.6 4.2 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.6 -0.3

Adams

 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.0 - 3.9 3.8 4.6 4.7 4.1 3.8 3.9 -0.3

Arapahoe

 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.8 - 3.8 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.7 3.5 3.6 -0.3

Broomfield

 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 - 3.7 3.5 4.1 4.3 3.6 3.4 3.6 -0.1

Clear Creek

 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.3 - 3.2 2.9 3.7 3.8 3.1 2.9 3.3 -0.2

Denver

 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.0 3.9 - 4.0 3.8 4.5 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.8 -0.2

Douglas

 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 - 3.5 3.2 3.8 4.0 3.4 3.2 3.3 -0.3

Elbert

 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.3 - 3.2 3.0 3.8 3.9 3.3 3.0 3.2 -0.1

Gilpin

 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.4 - 3.6 3.3 4.0 4.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 -0.5

Jefferson

 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.6 - 3.6 3.4 4.0 4.1 3.5 3.2 3.4 -0.3

Park

 3.8 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.7 - 3.9 3.7 4.3 4.4 3.6 3.2 3.6 -0.2

Colorado

 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.8 - 3.8 3.6 4.3 4.4 3.8 3.5 3.7 -0.3

United States

 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.1 0.1

(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, 4th quarter 2025(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA

 134,349 10,840 1,607,220 -8,840 -0.5 $1,826 4.4 $38,224,606 4.0

Adams

 14,625 1,180 251,553 -3,671 -1.4 1,523 1.7 4,974,259 0.6

Arapahoe

 26,936 1,923 341,181 329 0.1 1,751 5.1 7,790,510 5.4

Broomfield

 3,681 326 40,957 -1,092 -2.6 2,239 1.3 1,194,676 -1.1

Clear Creek

 421 42 3,670 145 4.1 1,288 8.0 58,207 11.1

Denver

 44,184 3,656 559,771 -4,492 -0.8 2,076 5.0 15,148,937 4.2

Douglas

 16,866 1,581 151,181 2,453 1.6 1,779 3.6 3,481,880 5.2

Elbert

 918 70 5,169 213 4.3 1,312 8.3 88,946 12.9

Gilpin

 229 11 4,725 -25 -0.5 1,361 -14.1 84,290 -13.4

Jefferson

 25,783 2,005 246,003 -2,613 -1.1 1,666 5.9 5,353,910 5.2

Park

 706 46 3,010 -87 -2.8 1,227 8.5 48,991 6.3

Colorado

 258,528 21,857 2,896,445 -18,753 -0.6 $1,683 5.6 $63,364,424 5.1

United States

 12,428,415 230,709 156,700,218 299,175 0.2 1,569 4.2 3,199,848,462 4.4

(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