State adds nearly 37K jobs to workforce in August

Colorado’s nonfarm workforce grew by 36,900 in August, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported.

The state has gained 178,500 jobs during the past four months, according to the CDLE’s survey of business establishments. Colorado is at a 52.1% job recovery rate of nonfarm jobs from the COVID-19 pandemic, more than the national rate of 47.9%.

According to Jeff Fitzgerald, unemployment insurance division director for CDLE, said that some of the added jobs comes from a rebound in government jobs. With the start of the school year and hires for the 2020 Census,…