Unemployment rate down, wages up in Colorado for May
6.15.18 Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Colorado Economy, Colorado Employment, Colorado Jobs Report, Colorado Unemployment RateColorado’s unemployment rate fell again in May, dropping slightly to 2.8 percent as non-farm companies added 7,700 jobs during the month. That puts the state a full percentage point below the national unemployment rate of 3.8 percent but slightly higher than ...
Colorado adds 3,600 payroll jobs; unemployment rate edges up as labor force grows
8.30.17 Colorado Economy, Colorado Employment, Colorado Unemployment RateColorado employers added 3,600 non-farm jobs to their payrolls in July, but the state’s unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a point, to 2.4 percent, from the record-low levels of the last few months as more Coloradans were looking for work. ...
Would Colorado minimum-wage hike lead to big job losses?
6.23.16 Colorado Economy, Colorado Employment, Colorado Minimum WageBy: Ed Sealover, Denver Business Journal Employment in Colorado would fall by some 90,000 people — particularly among younger and lower-skilled workers — over the next six years if statewide voters were to approve a proposed ballot measure this fall ...