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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

 1,641.5 1,635.7 1,622.3 1,634.5 1,638.8 1,640.2 1,642.1 1,642.8 1,640.5 1,641.7 1,642.7 1,641.6 1,642.4 0.8 0.0

Colorado

 2,977.1 2,977.6 2,966.0 2,973.6 2,988.5 2,986.1 2,983.4 2,988.5 2,994.2 2,996.6 2,997.6 2,998.9 3,000.1 1.2 0.0

United States

 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,433 159,452 159,439 159,511 159,485 159,593 159,420 159,476 159,526 50 0.0

(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

 1,648.0 1,646.2 1,650.2 2.2 0.1 3,019.0 22.9 0.8 160,448 525 0.3

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 112.9 110.3 109.3 -3.6 -3.2                

Mining & Logging(2)

             21.5 -0.1 -0.5 606 -17 -2.7

Construction(2)

             183.9 -1.8 -1.0 8,231 12 0.1

Manufacturing

 66.7 65.1 65.2 -1.5 -2.2 148.8 0.3 0.2 12,711 -75 -0.6

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 305.1 298.2 301.1 -4.0 -1.3 523.7 -1.1 -0.2 29,707 -92 -0.3

Information

 49.2 52.8 53.3 4.1 8.3 77.2 3.4 4.6 2,932 -32 -1.1

Financial Activities

 116.4 115.0 115.2 -1.2 -1.0 175.1 -3.6 -2.0 9,274 39 0.4

Professional & Business Services

 320.1 316.7 316.6 -3.5 -1.1 492.9 -0.6 -0.1 22,605 -102 -0.4

Education & Health Services

 213.1 221.5 223.7 10.6 5.0 400.3 15.4 4.0 27,793 700 2.6

Leisure & Hospitality

 170.7 169.4 169.9 -0.8 -0.5 361.2 3.8 1.1 16,861 189 1.1

Other Services

 68.7 69.7 69.7 1.0 1.5 134.9 4.2 3.2 6,042 60 1.0

Government

 225.1 227.5 226.2 1.1 0.5 499.5 3.0 0.6 23,686 -157 -0.7

(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

 80,861 87,697 91,137 81,013 82,297 79,256 79,196 69,993 65,504 69,036 - 62,978 63,494 -17,367 -21.5

Adams

 14,613 15,915 16,588 14,860 15,068 14,584 14,462 12,745 11,844 12,554 - 11,240 11,606 -3,007 -20.6

Arapahoe

 16,588 18,144 18,940 17,001 17,456 16,805 16,811 14,803 13,910 14,638 - 13,323 13,222 -3,366 -20.3

Broomfield

 2,006 2,128 2,180 1,961 1,994 1,929 1,926 1,689 1,617 1,728 - 1,587 1,585 -421 -21.0

Clear Creek

 256 267 268 242 238 223 240 206 195 191 - 171 161 -95 -37.1

Denver

 22,024 23,475 24,145 21,255 21,738 20,737 20,895 18,604 17,271 17,956 - 16,788 17,351 -4,673 -21.2

Douglas

 9,233 10,081 10,539 9,491 9,623 9,381 9,303 8,188 7,674 8,242 - 7,365 7,205 -2,028 -22.0

Elbert

 627 707 742 649 643 626 608 541 507 546 - 487 478 -149 -23.8

Gilpin

 143 170 176 155 158 150 148 129 118 131 - 123 124 -19 -13.3

Jefferson

 14,919 16,322 17,052 14,967 14,959 14,412 14,385 12,726 12,036 12,693 - 11,555 11,421 -3,498 -23.4

Park

 452 488 507 432 420 409 418 362 332 357 - 339 341 -111 -24.6

Colorado

 148,046 162,865 170,227 151,042 151,962 148,198 146,905 129,321 120,518 128,179 - 116,716 116,696 -31,350 -21.2

United States (in thousands)

 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 551 8.5

(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

 4.6 4.9 5.2 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.7 3.9 - 3.6 3.6 -1.0

Adams

 4.8 5.2 5.5 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.2 3.9 4.1 - 3.7 3.9 -0.9

Arapahoe

 4.4 4.8 5.0 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.7 3.9 - 3.5 3.5 -0.9

Broomfield

 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.2 3.7 3.5 3.7 - 3.5 3.5 -0.9

Clear Creek

 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.2 3.9 4.2 3.6 3.4 3.3 - 3.0 2.9 -1.6

Denver

 4.9 5.2 5.4 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.1 3.8 4.0 - 3.7 3.9 -1.0

Douglas

 4.1 4.5 4.7 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.4 3.7 - 3.3 3.2 -0.9

Elbert

 3.9 4.4 4.6 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.1 3.4 - 3.1 3.0 -0.9

Gilpin

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

Jefferson

 4.4 4.8 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.2 3.7 3.5 3.7 - 3.4 3.4 -1.0

Park

 4.7 5.1 5.3 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.8 3.5 3.7 - 3.6 3.6 -1.1

Colorado

 4.5 5.0 5.2 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 3.9 3.7 3.9 - 3.6 3.6 -0.9

United States

 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 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, 2nd quarter 2025(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA

 129,890 621 1,609,157 -9,980 -0.6 $1,692 3.2 $35,381,042 2.9

Adams

 14,177 153 250,966 -169 -0.1 1,411 1.1 4,583,990 1.7

Arapahoe

 26,090 -192 340,020 -1,766 -0.5 1,616 3.3 7,169,349 3.3

Broomfield

 3,547 46 40,624 -1,594 -3.8 2,109 4.0 1,109,792 0.5

Clear Creek

 401 -7 3,292 -56 -1.7 1,324 5.0 57,659 7.1

Denver

 42,730 172 559,685 -6,143 -1.1 1,916 1.8 13,986,903 0.7

Douglas

 16,176 233 152,205 2,233 1.5 1,621 6.0 3,164,770 7.7

Elbert

 883 -16 5,109 144 2.9 1,218 6.7 81,313 11.8

Gilpin

 228 2 4,883 41 0.8 1,331 11.4 82,252 11.8

Jefferson

 24,973 228 249,081 -2,624 -1.0 1,576 7.4 5,100,529 6.8

Park

 685 2 3,292 -46 -1.4 1,075 6.4 44,485 6.4

Colorado

 247,458 -1,029 2,897,590 -25,379 -0.9 $1,540 3.8 $57,908,578 3.3

United States

 12,244,089 222,362 156,428,758 420,473 0.3 1,436 3.4 2,916,174,912 3.9

(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