Region’s October unemployment remains steady

DENVER — Unemployment remained mostly steady across the four-county region in October, with none seeing a change of more than one-tenth of a percentage point from September.

The latest figures for Colorado were released by the state’s Department of Labor and Employment Friday morning, with statewide unemployment dipping from 3.6 percent in September to 3.5 percent in October. The state added 6,000 nonfarm payroll jobs over the month, bringing the total increase over the past 12 months to 64,100.

Locally, Boulder County’s unemployment rate in October was 2.5 percent, followed by Larimer at 2.6, Broomfield at 2.8 and Weld at 3.

Boulder County’s…