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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

 1,521.2 1,526.5 1,530.7 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 1,558.7 -0.6 0.0

Colorado

 2,765.6 2,769.6 2,776.1 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 2,809.5 -3.9 -0.1

United States

 150,282 150,492 150,577 150,759 150,953 151,160 151,368 151,553 151,814 151,998 152,212 152,487 151,786 -701 -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

 1,505.7 1,543.8 1,544.5 38.8 2.6 2,793.5 43.9 1.6 150,804 1,445 1.0

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 108.2 108.9 108.5 0.3 0.3                

Mining & Logging(2)

             26.9 -2.4 -8.2 697 -34 -4.7

Construction(2)

             174.5 2.5 1.5 7,331 161 2.2

Manufacturing

 70.5 71.7 71.4 0.9 1.3 149.0 -0.7 -0.5 12,783 9 0.1

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 273.1 284.2 282.9 9.8 3.6 474.8 4.3 0.9 27,460 102 0.4

Information

 49.9 51.1 51.7 1.8 3.6 75.4 0.1 0.1 2,885 47 1.7

Financial Activities

 111.8 111.7 111.4 -0.4 -0.4 174.0 0.7 0.4 8,803 145 1.7

Professional & Business Services

 272.3 284.1 286.4 14.1 5.2 444.3 18.1 4.2 21,229 321 1.5

Education & Health Services

 190.5 196.4 196.9 6.4 3.4 349.8 4.8 1.4 24,645 532 2.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 166.3 168.7 167.8 1.5 0.9 343.5 2.7 0.8 15,988 -102 -0.6

Other Services

 57.8 57.8 57.5 -0.3 -0.5 112.6 1.1 1.0 5,882 49 0.8

Government

 205.3 209.2 210.0 4.7 2.3 468.7 12.7 2.8 23,101 215 0.9

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

 49,469 44,061 41,279 47,514 44,060 43,444 39,294 39,124 38,272 38,167 45,896 47,563 76,973   27,504 55.6

Adams

 9,363 7,988 7,405 8,447 7,987 7,718 7,020 6,925 6,835 6,957 8,521 9,086 14,265   4,902 52.4

Arapahoe

 10,741 9,794 9,301 10,730 10,000 9,802 8,889 8,842 8,656 8,548 10,199 10,439 17,080   6,339 59.0

Broomfield

 1,076 985 931 1,091 973 973 892 890 873 844 1,002 1,075 1,749   673 62.5

Clear Creek

 161 131 142 175 167 153 142 129 124 119 140 160 262   101 62.7

Denver

 12,664 11,199 10,600 11,969 11,223 11,092 9,989 9,968 9,753 9,827 11,859 12,165 19,869   7,205 56.9

Douglas

 5,099 4,680 4,281 5,099 4,638 4,632 4,233 4,210 4,053 3,893 4,600 4,833 7,789   2,690 52.8

Elbert

 366 334 308 372 317 324 285 286 290 281 358 370 619   253 69.1

Gilpin

 101 90 85 102 91 80 77 78 76 73 90 85 137   36 35.6

Jefferson

 9,570 8,562 7,951 9,236 8,395 8,416 7,536 7,571 7,386 7,386 8,842 9,055 14,744   5,174 54.1

Park

 328 298 275 293 269 254 231 225 226 239 285 295 459   131 39.9

Colorado

 97,015 85,675 80,659 92,508 85,711 83,635 75,467 75,314 74,970 74,703 90,179 93,770 150,104   53,089 54.7

United States (in thousands)

 6,382 5,387 5,503 6,292 6,556 6,203 5,465 5,510 5,441 5,503 6,504 6,218 7,370   988 15.5

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

 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.8 4.6   1.6

Adams

 3.4 2.9 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.1 3.2 5.2   1.8

Arapahoe

 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.8 4.6   1.6

Broomfield

 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.6 4.3   1.6

Clear Creek

 2.7 2.2 2.3 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.3 2.6 4.3   1.6

Denver

 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.8 2.8 4.7   1.7

Douglas

 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.4 4.0   1.4

Elbert

 2.5 2.2 2.0 2.4 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.8 2.3 2.4 4.1   1.6

Gilpin

 2.7 2.4 2.2 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.3 2.2 3.6   0.9

Jefferson

 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.6 4.4   1.5

Park

 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.5 2.6 4.1   1.2

Colorado

 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.8 2.9 4.8   1.7

United States

 3.9 3.3 3.4 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 4.0 3.8 4.5   0.6

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
Covered(1)employment and wages, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area and its component counties, 3rd quarter 2019(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 109,277 3,885 1,527,759 38,336 2.6 $1,265 4.9 $25,217,098 7.6

Adams

 11,745 372 228,900 12,669 5.9 1,092 3.8 3,254,976 10.6

Arapahoe

 23,163 685 335,499 3,283 1.0 1,284 4.6 5,631,827 5.5

Broomfield

 2,962 36 40,902 1,350 3.4 1,648 6.5 881,849 10.0

Clear Creek

 385 8 2,952 97 3.4 933 4.8 37,218 9.0

Denver

 35,413 1,649 533,201 10,707 2.0 1,369 5.2 9,492,708 7.2

Douglas

 12,924 486 130,923 5,319 4.2 1,236 6.9 2,126,545 11.5

Elbert

 716 28 3,804 91 2.5 852 6.0 43,512 10.2

Gilpin

 184 12 4,605 -130 -2.7 890 -0.2 54,346 -3.6

Jefferson

 21,210 598 244,345 4,957 2.1 1,149 4.6 3,665,930 6.8

Park

 575 11 2,628 -7 -0.3 802 3.2 28,187 2.7

Colorado

 212,053 5,349 2,748,976 63,738 2.4 $1,170 6.1 $41,992,336 8.5

United States

 10,325,274 285,161 148,556,525 1,674,020 1.1 1,093 3.6 2,101,499,511 4.9

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