Tag: Colorado Unemployment
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After years of leading the nation, Colorado’s economy shows signs of cooling | FISCAL ROCKIES
Editor’s Note: Once among the nation’s fastest-growing economies, Colorado today confronts mounting challenges that threaten its momentum. This series reveals how a state once defined by prosperity is navigating economic cliffs and ridges. We explore the impact that increased regulations, tariffs, shifting tax policies, the high cost of living and widening urban–rural divides have on businesses,…
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Colorado saw more jobs last month, as unemployment across U.S. rose slightly
During a month that saw U.S. unemployment rise marginally, Colorado saw its own unemployment rate drop to 4.2%, with another 4,200 Coloradans joining the workforce, according to the latest tally by the state’s Department of Labor and Employment. A household survey by the agency calculated 64.6% of the state’s age-16-plus population was on the job…
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Colorado sees better job performance
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado saw a favorable increase in job performance last month, according to a new report released Friday by the state’s Department of Labor and Employment. A survey of Colorado households showed the number of unemployed individuals dropped in June by 3,400 to 155,300 over the…
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Colorado’s unemployment rate creeps up to 3.2% in September
Colorado’s unemployment rate has been rising slightly in the past few months, but the state’s top economist has cautioned against reading too far into marginal monthly increases. The state also saw the addition of 1,500 nonfarm payroll jobs in September, but the number of unemployed people rose by 3,600. The latest jobs report from the…
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State unemployment claims hit nearly 9-month high as CARES Act expires
Initial unemployment claims skyrocketed in Colorado with the highest weekly increase since April, according to data released Thursday by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. For the week ending Jan. 2, initial weekly unemployment claims reached 41,439, the highest number of claims in nearly nine months and an increase of more than 16,000 from…
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Regular unemployment up again, pandemic claims down for first time in 10 weeks
After two months of increases, pandemic unemployment claims are down slightly in Colorado; however, regular unemployment claims continue to rise, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Labor and Employment. For the week ending Dec. 26, there were 19,555 initial pandemic unemployment claims, a decrease of nearly 5,000 claims from the previous week.…
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Colorado unemployment rates up again; second-biggest weekly increase for pandemic claims
Initial claims for regular and pandemic unemployment rose for the ninth straight week in Colorado, according to a Thursday report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. For the week ending Dec. 19, there were 27,989 initial pandemic unemployment claims — the highest number of weekly pandemic claims since the program’s first week in…
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Colorado pandemic unemployment claims highest since program’s first week
Initial claims for pandemic unemployment in Colorado are reaching new heights this month, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Labor and Employment. There were 20,621 pandemic unemployment claims made during the week ending Dec. 12, an increase of nearly 3,000 from the previous week and the second-highest number of weekly initial claims…
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State unemployment claims rise for seventh straight week, hitting 7-month high
Colorado’s regular and pandemic unemployment claims increased for the seventh consecutive week, breaking highs set in May and June, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment report released Thursday. There were 19,024 initial regular unemployment claims made in the week ending Dec. 5. That is an increase of nearly 2,000 from the previous…
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Colorado’s pandemic unemployment claims highest since June
Colorado’s unemployment rates are rising, with the number of initial pandemic unemployment claims higher than it has been since June, according to data released Friday by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. There were 7,281 initial pandemic unemployment claims for the week ending on Nov. 7, more than double the number of initial claims…