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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

 1,549.1 1,553.8 1,564.2 1,569.5 1,573.1 1,574.1 1,573.8 1,572.5 1,579.1 1,580.6 1,594.3 1,600.0 1,609.1 9.1 0.6

Colorado

 2,806.8 2,812.8 2,828.7 2,834.0 2,850.0 2,852.9 2,860.7 2,862.6 2,877.2 2,883.1 2,897.6 2,902.9 2,911.5 8.6 0.3

United States

 149,240 149,744 150,458 150,856 151,224 151,610 151,903 152,440 152,732 153,001 153,264 153,520 153,743 223 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, Colo. MSA Colorado U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 1,551.4 1,601.0 1,613.0 61.6 4.0 2,923.9 105.0 3.7 154,771 4,419 2.9

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 107.9 113.2 113.0 5.1 4.7                

Mining & Logging(2)

             21.0 1.1 5.5 643 54 9.2

Construction(2)

             181.5 4.9 2.8 7,691 242 3.2

Manufacturing

 70.7 72.1 72.6 1.9 2.7 157.8 6.6 4.4 12,947 368 2.9

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 295.1 298.4 303.9 8.8 3.0 516.0 8.9 1.8 29,512 469 1.6

Information

 53.5 53.8 53.0 -0.5 -0.9 78.5 0.6 0.8 3,066 141 4.8

Financial Activities

 117.6 113.1 112.5 -5.1 -4.3 177.4 -3.3 -1.8 9,029 136 1.5

Professional & Business Services

 297.4 321.7 324.8 27.4 9.2 498.2 32.6 7.0 22,541 577 2.6

Education & Health Services

 192.7 201.7 200.1 7.4 3.8 362.2 13.5 3.9 25,052 962 4.0

Leisure & Hospitality

 156.7 159.1 164.4 7.7 4.9 350.1 20.9 6.3 15,766 962 6.5

Other Services

 59.2 62.1 64.0 4.8 8.1 124.3 8.8 7.6 5,759 173 3.1

Government

 200.6 205.8 204.7 4.1 2.0 456.9 10.4 2.3 22,765 335 1.5

(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

 62,431 68,098 69,633 62,119 54,402 53,120 56,431 60,156 58,440 56,594 61,525 57,411 47,901   -14,530 -23.3

Adams

 11,992 13,210 13,326 12,200 10,465 10,214 10,582 11,468 10,990 10,678 11,638 10,828 9,059   -2,933 -24.5

Arapahoe

 14,447 15,644 15,898 14,186 12,544 12,238 12,861 13,716 13,309 12,861 13,941 12,931 10,626   -3,821 -26.4

Broomfield

 1,194 1,322 1,383 1,185 1,046 1,029 1,164 1,208 1,198 1,171 1,296 1,229 1,011   -183 -15.3

Clear Creek

 222 250 248 217 192 187 194 210 217 204 225 191 166   -56 -25.2

Denver

 17,199 18,568 18,903 16,953 14,853 14,417 14,864 15,993 15,790 15,418 16,537 15,244 12,959   -4,240 -24.7

Douglas

 5,378 5,952 6,278 5,438 4,843 4,805 5,616 5,897 5,567 5,340 5,929 5,776 4,719   -659 -12.3

Elbert

 395 443 473 411 361 359 419 417 413 403 427 414 333   -62 -15.7

Gilpin

 151 159 163 144 133 123 126 128 127 121 132 124 101   -50 -33.1

Jefferson

 11,142 12,205 12,587 11,066 9,681 9,473 10,301 10,808 10,507 10,085 11,054 10,356 8,641   -2,501 -22.4

Park

 311 345 374 319 284 275 304 311 322 313 346 318 286   -25 -8.0

Colorado

 114,622 126,108 129,755 115,218 100,770 98,847 106,151 113,262 108,563 104,471 114,163 107,695 89,526   -25,096 -21.9

United States (in thousands)

 5,964 7,207 6,782 6,168 5,458 5,548 6,334 6,255 6,256 5,460 5,609 5,523 5,352   -612 -10.3

(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

 3.7 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.3 2.8   -0.9

Adams

 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.7 4.1 3.8 3.2   -1.1

Arapahoe

 3.9 4.2 4.2 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.4 2.8   -1.1

Broomfield

 2.9 3.2 3.3 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.4   -0.5

Clear Creek

 3.7 4.1 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.1 2.7   -1.0

Denver

 4.0 4.3 4.3 3.9 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.4 2.9   -1.1

Douglas

 2.7 2.9 3.0 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.7 2.3   -0.4

Elbert

 2.5 2.8 3.0 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.1   -0.4

Gilpin

 3.9 4.1 4.1 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.3 3.1 2.5   -1.4

Jefferson

 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.2 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.0 2.5   -0.8

Park

 2.7 3.0 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.4   -0.3

Colorado

 3.6 3.9 4.0 3.6 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.3 2.8   -0.8

United States

 3.7 4.4 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3   -0.4

(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, 2nd quarter 2022(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. MSA

 126,921 8,173 1,580,856 71,623 4.7 $1,506 5.4 $30,791,023 11.1

Adams

 13,531 617 239,355 10,895 4.8 1,269 7.3 3,930,024 12.8

Arapahoe

 26,022 1,371 339,138 7,367 2.2 1,464 4.9 6,426,009 7.8

Broomfield

 3,443 208 42,732 2,641 6.6 1,884 -5.2 1,037,025 1.3

Clear Creek

 409 15 3,266 214 7.0 1,044 10.2 43,564 18.2

Denver

 42,215 3,353 555,074 37,720 7.3 1,710 6.9 12,331,461 15.9

Douglas

 15,307 1,097 142,555 4,859 3.5 1,439 3.0 2,629,659 7.0

Elbert

 814 31 4,521 392 9.5 1,004 2.3 57,846 13.4

Gilpin

 213 13 4,463 314 7.6 1,069 -3.2 61,219 6.4

Jefferson

 24,307 1,438 246,706 7,021 2.9 1,334 3.4 4,238,617 6.9

Park

 660 30 3,046 200 7.0 948 14.5 35,600 22.2

Colorado

 242,271 13,357 2,838,451 113,051 4.1 $1,361 6.2 $49,883,395 11.3

United States

 11,460,819 646,560 149,901,995 5,716,182 4.0 1,294 4.3 2,517,903,681 9.0

(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