Fort Collins, Colorado Job Growth

There were 174,300 jobs in Fort Collins, Colorado in February 2019 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 201,298 employed persons for the month. Fort Collins added 200 jobs in February 2019 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment rose by 766 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Fort Collins job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	174,300	+200	+5,000
CPS	201,298	+766	+6,611

Note: The CPS survey data is now seasonally adjusted at the metropolitan level by with the new BLS SSA series.

Fort Collins, Colorado Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for Fort Collins as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total Employment for Fort Collins, Colorado

CES employment for Fort Collins in February 2019 is at a new high of 174,300.

CPS employment in February 2019 for Fort Collins is at a new high of 201,298.

Employment: CES, CPS

Fort Collins, Colorado Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
February 2019	174,300	200	201,298	766
January 2019	174,100	700	200,532	372
December 2018	173,400	700	200,160	968
November 2018	172,700	1,600	199,192	1,458
October 2018	171,100	500	197,734	414
September 2018	170,600	-300	197,320	323
August 2018	170,900	600	196,997	-742
July 2018	170,300	400	197,739	674
June 2018	169,900	300	197,065	-265
May 2018	169,600	-200	197,330	997
April 2018	169,800	600	196,333	624
March 2018	169,200	-100	195,709	1,022