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Colorado: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Colorado from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026
Unemployment, September 20264.1%#31 of 51 · #1 = lowest
Annual average, 20254.0%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force
Labor force, 20253.26M−0.2% on a year earlier
Employed, 20253.13M131,444 unemployed
Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000
0%5%10%15%200020052010201520202025Unemployment rate
Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed
2.2M2.5M2.8M3M3.2M3.5M200020052010201520202025Labor forceEmployed
Labor forceEmployed
YearUnemployment rateLabor forceEmployedUnemployed
20254.0%3,259,0043,127,560131,444
20244.1%3,265,4653,130,455135,010
20233.3%3,230,0553,124,030106,025
20223.1%3,181,5603,083,53098,030
20215.5%3,142,1342,969,765172,369
20206.8%3,079,7672,870,858208,909
20192.7%3,102,9123,020,21382,699
20183.0%3,053,1682,960,40592,763
20172.6%2,968,5702,890,71177,859
20163.1%2,884,8872,794,81390,074
20153.7%2,819,0792,714,405104,674
20145.0%2,797,0612,658,151138,910
20136.7%2,764,4592,578,371186,088
20128.0%2,751,2622,531,740219,522
20118.7%2,733,0752,495,770237,305
20109.2%2,711,5192,463,008248,511
20098.0%2,714,0932,497,997216,096
20084.8%2,707,6922,577,260130,432
20073.7%2,663,1982,565,50897,690
20064.2%2,619,7402,509,154110,586
20055.1%2,555,6712,426,252129,419
20045.6%2,526,8192,385,758141,061
20036.1%2,481,6332,329,698151,935
20025.7%2,442,6782,303,248139,430
20013.8%2,391,0282,299,65191,377
20002.7%2,352,1462,288,23563,911
19993.0%2,332,0162,261,73570,281
19983.6%2,298,8632,215,29783,566
19973.4%2,209,9162,135,59974,317
19964.2%2,155,7832,065,86389,920
19954.0%2,126,4722,041,00085,472
19944.2%2,035,1841,950,37184,813
19935.4%1,927,9911,824,385103,606
19926.1%1,847,7861,734,727113,059
19915.3%1,802,3991,707,10195,298
19905.1%1,772,2631,681,91990,344
19895.6%1,724,3741,627,61096,764
19886.4%1,718,1341,607,719110,415
19877.5%1,713,0911,584,339128,752
19867.5%1,713,9861,584,985129,001
19856.0%1,715,6501,613,183102,467
19845.5%1,709,8511,616,11293,739
19837.1%1,664,3011,546,377117,924
19827.7%1,598,2541,475,668122,586
19815.6%1,542,3431,455,22187,122
19805.8%1,498,0871,410,49787,590
19794.6%1,434,0551,367,64966,406
19785.6%1,353,5281,278,33375,195
19776.3%1,295,1811,213,37181,810
19766.0%1,241,8611,167,71674,145

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.