Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colorado Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Denver fell 0.1 percentage points in January 2020 to 2.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Colorado rate. The unemployment rate in Denver peaked in November 2010 at 8.9% and is now 6.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare Denver unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	January 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.6%	+0.1	-0.4
Colorado	2.5%	0.0	-0.7
Denver	2.4%	-0.1	-1.2

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with January 2020 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Denver, Colorado, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Denver, Colorado Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Denver peaked in November 2010 at 126,139. There are now 85,412 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 39,067 in March 2017, the number of unemployed has now grown by 1,660. Denver employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Denver, Colorado) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	January 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Denver	40,727	-961	-18,973

Number of Unemployed Persons

Denver, Colorado Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Colorado Unemployment Rate	Denver Unemployment Rate	Denver Unemployed
February 2020	3.5%	—	—	—
January 2020	3.6%	2.5%	2.4%	40,727
December 2019	3.5%	2.5%	2.5%	41,688
November 2019	3.5%	2.5%	2.5%	42,799
October 2019	3.6%	2.5%	2.6%	43,349
September 2019	3.5%	2.6%	2.6%	44,060
August 2019	3.7%	2.6%	2.7%	45,612
July 2019	3.7%	2.7%	2.8%	46,398
June 2019	3.7%	2.7%	2.9%	47,919
May 2019	3.6%	2.8%	3.0%	49,892
April 2019	3.6%	2.9%	3.2%	52,710
March 2019	3.8%	3.0%	3.3%	55,401