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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

 1,545.6 1,547.4 1,551.5 1,556.0 1,559.8 1,559.3 1,548.9 1,376.8 1,397.2 1,434.6 1,454.2 1,474.0 1,486.4 12.4 0.8

Colorado

 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 2,599.1 2,612.7 2,651.8 2,665.2 13.4 0.5

United States

 151,368 151,553 151,814 151,998 152,212 152,463 151,090 130,303 133,028 137,809 139,570 141,059 141,720 661 0.5

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

 1,546.8 1,484.4 1,488.1 -58.7 -3.8 2,669.3 -129.0 -4.6 141,855 -9,701 -6.4

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 113.6 105.9 105.1 -8.5 -7.5                

Mining & Logging(2)

             23.6 -4.9 -17.2 619 -119 -16.1

Construction(2)

             175.4 -7.5 -4.1 7,415 -285 -3.7

Manufacturing

 70.8 74.8 75.6 4.8 6.8 152.2 1.8 1.2 12,224 -656 -5.1

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 278.1 269.1 268.6 -9.5 -3.4 462.6 -12.5 -2.6 26,591 -984 -3.6

Information

 50.7 50.6 50.7 0.0 0.0 72.7 -3.1 -4.1 2,607 -253 -8.8

Financial Activities

 113.0 109.2 108.9 -4.1 -3.6 171.6 -2.1 -1.2 8,682 -93 -1.1

Professional & Business Services

 285.0 288.8 287.8 2.8 1.0 449.7 3.5 0.8 20,239 -1,240 -5.8

Education & Health Services

 192.2 189.1 192.9 0.7 0.4 337.8 -8.9 -2.6 23,125 -1,132 -4.7

Leisure & Hospitality

 175.2 150.0 147.3 -27.9 -15.9 289.2 -56.8 -16.4 13,124 -3,635 -21.7

Other Services

 59.1 51.8 52.1 -7.0 -11.8 104.5 -9.0 -7.9 5,433 -461 -7.8

Government

 209.1 195.1 199.1 -10.0 -4.8 430.0 -29.5 -6.4 21,796 -843 -3.7

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

 39,294 39,124 38,272 38,167 45,896 47,563 85,957 201,569 171,888 190,980 131,885 117,939 111,588   72,294 184.0

Adams

 7,020 6,925 6,835 6,957 8,521 9,086 15,938 33,957 29,203 33,077 22,943 20,628 19,706   12,686 180.7

Arapahoe

 8,889 8,842 8,656 8,548 10,199 10,439 19,061 44,775 39,063 43,992 30,834 27,848 26,351   17,462 196.4

Broomfield

 892 890 873 844 1,002 1,075 1,962 4,321 3,778 4,187 2,771 2,385 2,243   1,351 151.5

Clear Creek

 142 129 124 119 140 160 292 982 843 832 541 472 428   286 201.4

Denver

 9,989 9,968 9,753 9,827 11,859 12,165 22,181 55,735 47,809 52,394 37,471 33,563 31,838   21,849 218.7

Douglas

 4,233 4,210 4,053 3,893 4,600 4,833 8,704 18,817 15,475 17,276 11,177 9,866 9,271   5,038 119.0

Elbert

 285 286 290 281 358 370 690 1,089 862 1,067 665 582 552   267 93.7

Gilpin

 77 78 76 73 90 85 153 994 908 862 484 429 312   235 305.2

Jefferson

 7,536 7,571 7,386 7,386 8,842 9,055 16,461 39,813 33,051 36,321 24,374 21,627 20,369   12,833 170.3

Park

 231 225 226 239 285 295 515 1,086 896 972 625 539 518   287 124.2

Colorado

 75,467 75,314 74,970 74,703 90,179 93,770 167,668 369,691 306,981 343,630 230,335 205,114 195,189   119,722 158.6

United States (in thousands)

 5,465 5,510 5,441 5,503 6,504 6,218 7,370 22,504 20,514 18,072 16,882 13,742 12,277   6,812 124.6

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

 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.8 5.2 12.3 10.5 11.1 7.9 7.0 6.5   4.2

Adams

 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.1 3.2 5.8 12.6 10.8 11.7 8.3 7.5 7.0   4.5

Arapahoe

 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.8 5.2 12.4 10.8 11.6 8.3 7.5 7.0   4.6

Broomfield

 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.6 4.9 11.1 9.6 10.2 6.9 5.9 5.5   3.3

Clear Creek

 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.3 2.6 4.8 15.8 13.6 13.0 8.7 7.6 6.8   4.5

Denver

 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.8 2.8 5.3 13.4 11.5 12.0 8.8 7.9 7.4   5.1

Douglas

 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.4 4.5 10.1 8.2 8.8 5.8 5.1 4.7   2.6

Elbert

 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.8 2.3 2.4 4.6 7.6 6.0 7.1 4.5 3.9 3.6   1.8

Gilpin

 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.3 2.2 4.1 23.3 21.3 19.8 12.0 10.7 7.9   5.9

Jefferson

 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.6 4.9 12.1 10.0 10.5 7.2 6.4 5.9   3.7

Park

 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.5 2.6 4.6 10.1 8.3 8.6 5.6 4.9 4.6   2.6

Colorado

 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.8 2.9 5.4 12.2 10.0 10.7 7.4 6.6 6.2   3.8

United States

 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 4.0 3.8 4.5 14.4 13.0 11.2 10.5 8.5 7.7   4.4

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, 1st quarter 2020(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 110,369 5,220 1,510,281 23,721 1.6 $1,453 4.7 $28,607,300 6.9

Adams

 11,950 530 225,196 6,094 2.8 1,123 4.3 3,292,052 7.5

Arapahoe

 23,216 808 331,244 2,157 0.7 1,501 4.3 6,472,472 5.3

Broomfield

 2,989 111 40,607 816 2.1 2,159 10.2 1,143,333 12.8

Clear Creek

 377 1 3,381 -14 -0.4 957 4.1 42,238 4.4

Denver

 35,730 2,013 527,599 8,509 1.6 1,619 5.6 11,147,122 8.1

Douglas

 13,135 692 130,257 3,393 2.7 1,433 4.8 2,438,040 7.9

Elbert

 726 38 3,850 193 5.3 861 3.6 42,491 8.5

Gilpin

 185 10 4,439 -241 -5.1 985 9.8 57,127 4.9

Jefferson

 21,476 986 241,251 2,646 1.1 1,254 1.6 3,946,970 3.3

Park

 585 31 2,457 168 7.3 797 3.9 25,455 10.2

Colorado

 214,508 6,110 2,725,217 31,920 1.2 $1,284 4.3 $45,581,208 6.1

United States

 10,447,240 341,187 147,088,945 535,872 0.4 1,222 3.3 2,341,897,354 4.3

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