When Denver economist Ryan Gedney looked at a report on first-quarter job growth among Colorado’s private employers, something huge stood out. The state had overcounted the number of jobs at the start…
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Colorado had the second highest number of job quitters in July
Colorado tops nation for growth in quitters, tied for 3rd for layoffs. That’s according to the July Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But these…
What’s Working: Market recovers but here’s why Colorado job growth is slowing
As investors dealt with stock market chaos triggered by last week’s weak U.S. job report, local economists who track the job market noted nearly the same thing: the response was overblown. “I…
What’s Working: Colorado top-paying and lowest-paying jobs
Quick links: Highest and lowest wages | FAMLI updates | Denver janitors may strike | Kroger/Albertson’s merger paused Fast food cooks kept the top spot as Colorado’s lowest-paid occupation by averaging an…
Colorado’s unemployment rate inches upward to 3.8%
Unemployment in Colorado has been on the rise, with another 3,400 individuals added last month for a total of 123,600 Coloradans who were unemployed in May, according to the state jobs report…
What’s Working: Colorado employers may finally have found enough workers, as job openings flatten
Colorado received some notable mentions in the latest national job-openings report. The state had the largest one-month increases in both workers who quit jobs or left involuntarily. That helped the state rank…
What’s Working: Colorado added a mere 300 jobs in April
Quick links: Flat 3.7% unemployment rate | Return of housing market? | Coloradans tip the most | Greeley welcomes startups T’was a big week for economic news. U.S. inflation slowed to 3.4%….
Eldora ski area claims “improper conduct” tainted patrollers’ vote to unionize
Ski patrollers at Eldora Mountain Resort have overwhelmingly approved unionized representation, but the company that owns the resort is challenging the results of the recent vote. This story first appeared in The…
What’s Working: How the pandemic helped provide permanent funding for rural Colorado’s economic development
COVID may have harmed us in a thousand different ways, but one place it’s had a beneficial impact is rural Colorado, which is getting permanent economic attention. Thank Katharina Papenbrock, director of…
Gig workers are employees, Denver auditor says as city seeks more than $1 million in penalties
More than 3,000 temporary workers serving food or cleaning hotel rooms are employees, not gig workers, and should be treated as such, the Denver Auditor said in a decision that seeks more…