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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Colorado > Denver

Denver

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Denver Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Apr 2024
Mountain-Plains - Consumer Prices Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2024
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mountain Plains Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2024
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Oct 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Denver-Aurora-Lakewood — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2022
Annual Average Percent Changes U.S., St. Louis, and Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2024
Mountain-Plains CPI Blue Card (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2017
Consumer Expenditures for the Denver Metropolitan Area — 2021–22 Consumer spending News Release Sep 2023
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Economy at a Glance:
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
Data Series Back
Data		 Oct
2023		 Nov
2023		 Dec
2023		 Jan
2024		 Feb
2024		 Mar
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,731.6 1,752.3 (p)1,722.6 1,722.0 (p)1,730.7  

Employment(1)

 1,675.8 1,696.0 (p)1,665.4 1,655.6 (p)1,658.8  

Unemployment(1)

 55.8 56.3 (p)57.3 66.4 (p)71.9  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.2 3.2 (p)3.3 3.9 (p)4.2  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,632.4 1,627.9 1,631.6 1,598.3 (p)1,613.0  

12-month % change

 1.1 0.5 0.8 0.4 (p)0.8  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 110.9 109.1 108.2 104.7 (p)106.0  

12-month % change

 -2.8 -3.9 -3.4 -3.5 (p)-2.8  

Manufacturing(3)

 69.0 68.5 68.5 68.5 (p)69.2  

12-month % change

 -2.8 -3.4 -3.2 -1.6 (p)-0.3  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 294.9 298.3 303.5 290.1 (p)288.5  

12-month % change

 0.8 -0.2 0.0 -1.7 (p)-1.6  

Information(3)

 52.6 52.0 51.7 51.7 (p)51.4  

12-month % change

 -3.5 -4.6 -4.4 -4.1 (p)-4.5  

Financial Activities(3)

 118.2 118.3 120.4 118.9 (p)118.9  

12-month % change

 -1.1 -0.5 1.2 1.5 (p)1.2  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 318.9 316.0 312.6 308.5 (p)313.3  

12-month % change

 0.3 -0.3 -0.5 -1.0 (p)-0.2  

Education and Health Services(3)

 207.7 207.4 207.2 206.7 (p)210.3  

12-month % change

 4.4 3.8 3.4 3.9 (p)4.4  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 172.1 168.6 170.3 165.7 (p)165.3  

12-month % change

 0.7 -0.9 0.7 -0.3 (p)-0.6  

Other Services(3)

 68.2 68.3 68.5 67.1 (p)68.2  

12-month % change

 1.9 1.9 1.9 0.1 (p)1.0  

Government(3)

 219.9 221.4 220.7 216.4 (p)221.9  

12-month % change

 5.9 6.1 6.0 5.9 (p)6.6  

Consumer Price Index: Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

CPI-U, All items(4)

   323.598   323.278   325.485

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     4.5   3.5   2.8

CPI-W, All items(5)

   315.775   315.492   318.479

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

     4.5   3.2   2.9

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary