Economy & Economic Development  December 1, 2015

Weld’s 2Q jobs figures to be revised down

DENVER — Second-quarter jobs estimates are expected to be revised downward for Weld County by 2.2 percent from June estimates, while estimates in Boulder and Larimer counties are expected to remain fairly static, according to new numbers released by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment on Tuesday.

The revised figures come from unemployment insurance reports that Colorado employers are required to file quarterly with the state that include the number of people employed at each firm for each month of the quarter. The monthly estimates released by the state in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics are based on a survey of business establishments.

Original estimates at the end of June placed the total number of jobs in Weld County at 102,300, but the state now expects that figure to be revised downward to 100,000. That would still mark a 2.4 percent increase over the same point a year earlier.

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Larimer County’s numbers are expected to be revised downward just slightly, while Boulder’s are expected to rise slightly. Broomfield County is part of the Denver metropolitan statistical area, which is also expected to see a slight upward revision to its June numbers.

The new figures place Larimer’s total number of jobs at 154,400, down from 155,300. Boulder’s new number is 180,000, up from 178,700 originally estimated at the end of June.

The full-year numbers are finalized in March, when results of the year-end Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages are released.

Statewide, the June numbers are expected to be revised upward by 12,800 jobs, giving the state 2,532,300 at the end of June. With estimates for July through October factored in, that would bump up October’s state number to 2,545,900, a 2.6 percent growth rate over the previous year.

DENVER — Second-quarter jobs estimates are expected to be revised downward for Weld County by 2.2 percent from June estimates, while estimates in Boulder and Larimer counties are expected to remain fairly static, according to new numbers released by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment on Tuesday.

The revised figures come from unemployment insurance reports that Colorado employers are required to file quarterly with the state that include the number of people employed at each firm for each month of the quarter. The monthly estimates released by the state in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics are based…

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