Current Statistics
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Current Labor
Statistics, June 2008
| Unemployment Rate |
|
| Colorado |
5.1% |
| U.S. |
5.5% |
| Colorado Job Growth |
|
| (May '08 - June '08) |
2,400 |
| (June '07 - June '08) |
32,200 |
 The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose two-tenths of
one percentage point in June to 5.1 percent, according to Donald J. Mares,
Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. The
current rate is the highest since September 2005 and is up from the 3.7 percent
recorded a year ago.
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Long-term industry and
occupation projections for the period 2006-2016 for Colorado statewide
and Metro Areas are now available. Click here for
industries and here for
occupations.
The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 5.7 percent in July,
and payroll employment fell by 51,000. Read news release here...
Census report on older workers in
Colorado. Download pdf document
here...
Union Members in Colorado in
2007. Read BLS news release here (pdf)
The Colorado
Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data series is useful for studying
job creation and job loss. Read article (pdf) here...
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