Colorado jobless rate up in September
DENVER — Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate ticked up from 4% in August to 4.1% last month, according to the most-recent data from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
Nationally, the jobless rate also rose one-tenth of a percentage point over that period to 4.2% in September.
While the state slightly outperformed the national average, the counties in the Boulder Valley and Northern Colorado underperformed both.
The unadjusted jobless rate in Larimer and Broomfield counties last month was 4.4%, in Boulder County the figure was 4.5% and 5% in Weld County.
“Over the year, the average workweek for all Colorado employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased to 33.4 hours, while average hourly earnings grew from $39.40 to $40.19, $2.38 more than the national average hourly earnings of $37.81,” according to the CDLE report.
Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate ticked up from 4% in August to 4.1% last month, according to the most-recent data from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
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