Local Economic News

In February Colorado employers added 5,400 new jobs and the unemployment rate remained at 3%. Average hourly earnings increased by more than a Dollar to $28.38 an hour.

Over the last 12 months Colorado employers have added 62,200 new jobs.

According to SmartAsset Aurora has the 3rd highest rate of homeownership for singles in the country at 55%.

According to a new report by JLL who used U.S. Census Bureau data they discovered that Denver is attracting highly skilled labor at the fastest rate in the country from 2012-2016. Our population of adults over 25 with a Bachelor’s Degree increased by 22.5% from 2012 to 2016 this report said.