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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 Aug 2022
Mountain-Plains - Consumer Prices Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2022
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mountain Plains Consumer price indexes Table Aug 2022
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Nov 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Denver-Aurora-Lakewood — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2022
Annual averages U.S., Denver, Kansas City, and St. Louis Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2018
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. Metropolitan Area Data Tables Employment, Pay, Unemployment Table Aug 2022
Mountain-Plains CPI Blue Card (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2017
Consumer Expenditures for the Denver Metropolitan Area — 2019-20 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2021
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Economy at a Glance:
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
Data Series Back
Data		 Feb
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2022

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,720.7 1,720.5 1,711.2 1,727.2 (p)1,736.3  

Employment(1)

 1,651.0 1,658.4 1,656.8 1,674.0 (p)1,680.5  

Unemployment(1)

 69.6 62.1 54.4 53.1 (p)55.8  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.0 3.6 3.2 3.1 (p)3.2  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,547.9 1,554.0 1,567.6 1,577.6 (p)1,593.5  

12-month % change

 5.4 5.3 5.0 4.6 (p)4.6  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 108.7 107.6 110.9 113.3 (p)117.3  

12-month % change

 3.3 1.4 2.9 4.1 (p)7.0  

Manufacturing(3)

 71.7 72.5 72.6 73.2 (p)74.0  

12-month % change

 3.6 4.6 4.6 5.5 (p)5.1  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 290.6 289.3 289.0 285.9 (p)288.0  

12-month % change

 3.3 3.4 4.0 2.7 (p)2.9  

Information(3)

 53.1 52.6 52.6 53.9 (p)53.8  

12-month % change

 2.7 1.7 1.3 3.7 (p)2.5  

Financial Activities(3)

 116.3 116.9 116.3 116.6 (p)115.5  

12-month % change

 2.2 2.2 1.8 1.7 (p)0.3  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 298.5 301.1 307.1 313.4 (p)315.6  

12-month % change

 7.9 8.0 8.0 9.2 (p)9.2  

Education and Health Services(3)

 193.5 194.5 193.2 194.2 (p)193.1  

12-month % change

 1.2 1.7 0.3 1.1 (p)0.7  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 156.5 158.4 163.2 162.7 (p)172.0  

12-month % change

 23.8 22.2 17.7 11.4 (p)10.0  

Other Services(3)

 60.0 60.6 61.9 61.4 (p)62.6  

12-month % change

 6.4 6.7 8.8 7.0 (p)7.4  

Government(3)

 199.0 200.5 200.8 203.0 (p)201.6  

12-month % change

 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.5 (p)0.4  

Consumer Price Index: Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

CPI-U, All items(4)

   299.529   303.510   308.728

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

     9.1   8.3   8.2

CPI-W, All items(5)

   291.753   295.265   301.155

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

     9.5   8.5   8.7

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