Minimum wage in Colorado, including tipped employees, from 2010 to 2017.

Colorado's occupational wage area distribution with the highest annual mean wage for all occupations in 2012.

Annual occupational employment and annual wage data for Multiple Occupations in Colorado in 2012.

Employment, Demographic, and other related data. This data can be searched by keyword or browsed by subject and are available in a variety of formats, including KML, WMS, GeoRSS, and Shapefile.

Employment and unemployment estimates reported from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics. The Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program is a Federal-State cooperative effort in which monthly estimates of total employment and unemployment are prepared for approximately 7,300 areas, including counties, cities and metropolitan statistical areas. uses data from several sources, including the CPS, the CES program, State UI systems, and the decennial census, to create estimates that are adjusted to the statewide measures of employment and unemployment.

Our mission at the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment is to protect and promote the integrity and vitality of Colorado's employment environment. We have more than 1,000 employees advancing this mission through services to businesses and workers across Colorado. In good economies and bad, we are serving our customers to help our state’s workforce thrive, compete and succeed while supporting our business community with resource and information to help them save valuable time and money.

2013 CDLE Strategic Poster

Employment counts by SIC and NAICS codes, county, and quarter since 2000 from Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE).

Employment wages by industry, year, and area, from Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE), since 2009

Long-Term (ten-year) estimations, projections, and growth rates for industry and occupation by geographic area in Colorado provided by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE).