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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Table

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Denver metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA

 1,591.2 1,597.2 1,592.3 1,598.9 1,598.8 1,600.2 1,599.4 1,601.8 1,597.8 1,597.9 1,597.3 1,598.0 1,599.7 1.7 0.1

Colorado

 2,869.0 2,873.3 2,877.8 2,884.6 2,884.4 2,889.9 2,889.1 2,892.2 2,890.5 2,896.6 2,905.2 2,907.0 2,907.8 0.8 0.0

United States

 152,980 153,332 153,682 154,006 154,296 154,535 155,007 155,255 155,472 155,689 155,970 156,155 156,342 187 0.1

(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, CO MSA Colorado U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 1,600.5 1,613.7 1,607.7 7.2 0.4 2,924.3 41.1 1.4 156,126 3,251 2.1

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 114.1 115.2 114.3 0.2 0.2                

Mining & Logging(2)

             22.7 1.7 8.1 651 29 4.7

Construction(2)

             186.3 -2.4 -1.3 8,189 197 2.5

Manufacturing

 72.3 73.3 74.0 1.7 2.4 156.2 1.3 0.8 13,042 115 0.9

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 289.4 286.4 286.4 -3.0 -1.0 494.9 -5.4 -1.1 28,805 164 0.6

Information

 54.4 52.2 51.4 -3.0 -5.5 77.2 -1.8 -2.3 3,097 -33 -1.1

Financial Activities

 117.0 111.3 110.9 -6.1 -5.2 172.7 -7.1 -3.9 9,230 104 1.1

Professional & Business Services

 316.5 314.9 319.2 2.7 0.9 501.8 7.3 1.5 23,094 359 1.6

Education & Health Services

 194.1 193.0 191.2 -2.9 -1.5 354.4 4.6 1.3 25,113 994 4.1

Leisure & Hospitality

 176.9 180.0 179.5 2.6 1.5 376.0 18.6 5.2 17,371 659 3.9

Other Services

 67.6 71.6 71.8 4.2 6.2 127.4 1.1 0.9 5,966 166 2.9

Government

 198.2 215.8 209.0 10.8 5.4 454.7 23.2 5.4 21,568 497 2.4

(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, CO MSA

 48,405 47,220 43,560 46,023 46,666 43,087 51,236 55,801 46,125 42,371 48,586 58,253 60,326   11,921 24.6

Adams

 8,915 8,563 7,949 8,409 8,516 7,918 9,590 10,311 8,483 7,570 8,559 10,187 10,468   1,553 17.4

Arapahoe

 10,875 10,590 9,747 10,292 10,399 9,466 11,123 12,037 10,023 9,089 10,443 12,519 12,976   2,101 19.3

Broomfield

 1,042 1,040 963 1,031 1,052 952 1,124 1,249 1,049 994 1,161 1,413 1,478   436 41.8

Clear Creek

 168 176 156 168 154 149 171 188 148 126 160 177 195   27 16.1

Denver

 12,477 12,420 11,586 12,098 12,160 11,477 13,721 14,938 12,387 11,536 13,048 15,415 16,082   3,605 28.9

Douglas

 5,176 4,877 4,428 4,751 4,981 4,475 5,286 5,961 4,971 4,568 5,458 6,668 6,886   1,710 33.0

Elbert

 368 364 337 343 356 314 379 435 337 305 378 472 487   119 32.3

Gilpin

 96 97 88 94 97 87 102 112 82 81 102 117 120   24 25.0

Jefferson

 9,018 8,811 8,045 8,559 8,677 7,978 9,414 10,218 8,372 7,838 8,972 10,930 11,265   2,247 24.9

Park

 270 282 261 278 274 271 326 352 273 264 305 355 369   99 36.7

Colorado

 92,634 88,886 81,309 86,292 88,386 81,136 96,742 105,198 86,523 78,574 91,260 109,051 113,185   20,551 22.2

United States (in thousands)

 6,255 6,256 5,460 5,609 5,523 5,352 6,378 6,465 6,043 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372   117 1.9

(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, CO MSA

 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.5 3.0 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.4   0.6

Adams

 3.2 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.4 3.6 3.0 2.7 3.0 3.6 3.7   0.5

Arapahoe

 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.9 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.4   0.5

Broomfield

 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.6 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.7 3.3 3.4   0.9

Clear Creek

 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.8 3.0 2.4 2.0 2.6 2.8 3.1   0.4

Denver

 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.6 3.1 3.4 2.8 2.6 3.0 3.5 3.6   0.7

Douglas

 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.8 2.4 2.2 2.6 3.2 3.2   0.7

Elbert

 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.4 2.7 2.1 1.9 2.3 2.9 3.0   0.7

Gilpin

 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.1 2.1 2.6 2.9 3.0   0.6

Jefferson

 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.7 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.6 3.1 3.2   0.6

Park

 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.8 3.0 2.3 2.3 2.6 3.0 3.1   0.8

Colorado

 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.5 3.0 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.8 3.4 3.5   0.6

United States

 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8   0.0

(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 employment and wages(1), Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area and its component counties, 1st quarter 2023(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA

 137,244 12,642 1,578,872 40,890 2.7 $1,753 6.3 $35,842,604 9.2

Adams

 14,626 1,283 239,998 6,333 2.7 1,382 10.9 4,289,509 13.7

Arapahoe

 27,852 2,235 335,111 3,872 1.2 1,736 3.6 7,537,637 4.8

Broomfield

 3,716 308 42,801 1,714 4.2 2,248 -7.1 1,248,413 -3.1

Clear Creek

 431 29 3,591 188 5.5 1,292 12.5 60,209 18.3

Denver

 45,689 4,389 560,752 17,033 3.1 2,024 7.3 14,706,429 11.0

Douglas

 16,762 1,804 140,784 4,863 3.6 1,688 5.4 3,078,074 9.1

Elbert

 907 105 4,573 300 7.0 1,109 9.7 65,226 16.8

Gilpin

 238 26 4,306 -20 -0.5 1,193 4.8 66,726 6.0

Jefferson

 26,294 2,376 244,253 6,626 2.8 1,505 7.5 4,756,588 10.4

Park

 729 87 2,703 -19 -0.7 965 4.3 33,793 5.1

Colorado

 261,724 23,684 2,838,585 69,448 2.5 $1,559 7.1 $57,310,701 10.0

United States

 11,883,196 610,010 151,418,052 3,642,075 2.5 1,465 6.6 2,873,835,485 9.6

(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