by Amy Gillentine Published: April 20,2012
Tags: Colorado, drops, unemployment
Colorado employers added 2,600 jobs from February to March, bringing the total number of jobs to 2.29 million. All the new jobs were in the private sector, according to information from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. According to the survey of households, the unemployment rate was unchanged over the month at 7.8 percent. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 30,2012
Tags: unemployment
Unemployment rates fell last month in most U.S. states, including in some hit hardest during the recession. The Labor Department said Friday that unemployment rates declined in 29 states and rose in 8. Rates were unchanged in 13 states and Washington, D.C. The improvement was broader last month: rates fell in 45 states in January. [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: March 13,2012
Tags: Colorado, declined, State, unemployment
The Colorado unemployment rate decreased one-tenth of a percent from January 2011 to January 2012 to 7.8 percent, according to the Colorado Bureau of Labor and Employment. The national unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of one percent to 8.3 percent. The largest monthly private sector job gains were in construction, professional and business services, leisure and [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: January 24,2012
Tags: Colorado, Colorado Springs, national, rate, unemployment
Colorado Springs had an unemployment rate of 9 percent in December, according to the latest figures from the Division of Labor and Employment. The number is up from 8.7 percent in November, but is lower than the 9.4 percent unemployment rate in December 2010. Statewide, unemployment decreased one-tenth of a percent to 7.9 percent. The [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: January 18,2012
Tags: information technology, Jobs, unemployment
Information Technology jobs continue to be among the hottest career fields in the state and in the Springs. People who love creating software, managing information systems and keeping hackers away from invading computer systems, have one of the lowest unemployment rates of any profession, said a local high tech jobs expert. “It’s definitely a growing [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: January 10,2012
The travel industry accounted for 7 percent of the 1.6 million jobs created during the past 12 months, the U.S Travel Association reports. “Over the last year, the travel industry expanded its employment base by 119,000 – doubling the jobs created by construction and real estate industries combined,” said David Huether, senior vice president of [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: December 20,2011
Tags: Colorado, unemployment
The unemployment rate in Colorado dropped to 8 percent from October to November, according to the Department of Labor and Employment. The number of people actively participating in the labor force increased 17,600 to 2.7 million and total employment increased 21,100 to 2.4 million. The national unemployment rate dropped to 8.6 percent for the same [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 2,2011
Tags: Small Business, unemployment
Small businesses and startups that were skittish about the economy this summer started hiring in bigger numbers this fall, helping drive the unemployment rate down to 8.6 percent in November, the lowest in two and a half years. The country added 120,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday. The economy has generated 100,000 [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: November 22,2011
Tags: Colorado, Division of Labor and Employment, rate, unemployment
Jobs in Colorado increased by8,800 in October to more than 2.2 million, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. The unemployment rate decreased by two-tenths of a percent to 8.1 percent. “Some positive trends are beginning to emerge on the Colorado jobs front,” said Ellen Golombek, executive director. “While we still have a [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: October 21,2011
Tags: Colorado, unemployment
Colorado’s unemployment level remained virtually unchanged from August to September, only dropping two-tenths of one percent. The state saw its job force decline by 3,900 from August to September, according to figures from the state Division of Labor and Employment. Government added 1,100 payroll jobs, while the private sector lost 5,000. According to the survey, [...] [...]
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