Boulder, Colorado Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Boulder fell 0.1 percentage points in December 2011 to 6.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.8 percentage points lower than the Colorado rate. The unemployment rate in Boulder peaked in June 2009 at 7.3% and is now 1.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare Boulder unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Colorado	7.9%	-0.1	-1.0
Boulder	6.1%	-0.1	-1.0

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Boulder, Colorado, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Boulder, Colorado Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Boulder peaked in June 2009 at 12,963. There are now 2,139 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Boulder employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Boulder, Colorado) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Boulder	10,824	-165	-1,439

Number of Unemployed Persons

Boulder, Colorado Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Colorado Unemployment Rate	Boulder Unemployment Rate	Boulder Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	7.9%	6.1%	10,824
November 2011	8.7%	8.0%	6.2%	10,989
October 2011	8.9%	8.1%	6.4%	11,177
September 2011	9.0%	8.3%	6.5%	11,227
August 2011	9.1%	8.5%	6.5%	11,340
July 2011	9.1%	8.5%	6.5%	11,269
June 2011	9.1%	8.5%	6.5%	11,188
May 2011	9.0%	8.7%	6.5%	11,249
April 2011	9.0%	8.8%	6.7%	11,524
March 2011	8.9%	9.2%	7.0%	12,066
February 2011	9.0%	9.3%	7.2%	12,469
January 2011	9.1%	9.1%	7.2%	12,422