Tag: Job Growth
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Colorado gained jobs in April, but workforce participation lowest since August 2020
Colorado added 11,800 jobs in April even as the state’s unemployment rate remained unchanged, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. Private sector payroll jobs increased by 12,000 while government jobs decreased by 200, the department said. The jobless rate remained at 3.9%, below the national rate of 4.3%. Last year, the state…
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Colorado EDC seeks to lure remote company considering going back to office in Denver
A primarily remote company based in California is looking to transition to an office model and is looking to Denver for its in-person presence. The Colorado Economic Development Commission approved more than $2.1 million in job growth tax incentives to an unnamed company labeled as “Project Sweet Summit” on Thursday. The EDC often does not…
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EDITORIAL: Colorado’s government — employer of last resort?
Colorado’s Common Sense Institute released an eye-opening report on job creation last spring, and it was doubly alarming. It shed light not only on the challenges faced by our state’s employers in putting people to work — but also on how government is growing out of control. According to the institute’s report, Colorado posted a…
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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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Gap between Colorado and U.S. unemployment rate shrinks
Colorado’s rate has consistently stayed below the national average, but the gap just shrank as the state rate rose in March
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Colorado unemployment inches up to 3.5%, but job growth among strongest in U.S.
Colorado’s unemployment rate inched up in February to 3.5% from 3.4%, according to data released Friday from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. The state saw the number of unemployed grow about 4,200 people. The state is still below the national average, which increased by two-tenths of a percentage last month to 3.9%. “It’s…
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Government jobs growth leads Colorado in 2023, report shows
Unemployment in Colorado ticked up to 3.4% in January from 3.3% in December, according to the latest numbers available from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment released Monday. Colorado’s jobless rate increased slightly over 12 months from 3%, but has consistently stayed below the national average of 3.7%. December’s original unemployment level was reported…
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Aerospace firm to bring 71 new jobs to Colorado Springs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Intuitive Research and Technology Corp., an aerospace engineering and analysis firm based in Huntsville, Ala., will expand in Colorado Springs, bringing 71 new jobs to the city. Gov. Jared Polis’ office and the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and…
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New Colorado business filings soar in Q4 2022
The number of new business filings soared to record levels in the fourth quarter, showing strong state economy heading into 2023. The state also had significant job growth to end 2022, according to the Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators report released Monday by the University of Colorado Boulder Leeds Business Research Division and Colorado Secretary…
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Spirit Halloween stores opening, hiring in metro Denver
Boo. It’s August, so that can only mean one thing: Halloween season is here again. Popular seasonal retailer Spirit Halloween — known for offering wares like costumes, decorations and gallons of fake blood from pop-up retail stores in vacant retail spaces — has already opened several locations along the Front Range. The company expects to…