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Which metro areas in Colorado are adding jobs fastest?

Greeley, CO (+13.7%), Colorado Springs, CO (+8.7%) and Fort Collins-Loveland, CO (+8.3%) added private-sector jobs fastest among Colorado metro areas between 2018 and 2023.

Data as of 2023 · updated

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Colorado metro areas ranked by private-sector job growth
RankMetro areaChange 2018–23Jobs addedPrivate jobs 2023Residents
1Greeley, CO+13.7%+12,191101,420378,426
2Colorado Springs, CO+8.7%+21,922274,019781,796
3Fort Collins-Loveland, CO+8.3%+10,739139,517377,292
4Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO+8.0%+104,5751,419,8333,092,037
5Grand Junction, CO+6.8%+3,61756,737162,845
6Boulder, CO+2.1%+3,294159,619328,560
7Pueblo, CO−0.3%−15150,735169,277

How this is ranked

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Every metropolitan statistical area (OMB Bulletin 23-01) with a figure is ranked, one-county areas included: such an area's figures are its county's, so its row may link to the county page. Micro areas are left out. Areas without a figure for the same period as the others are not ranked. An area that crosses a state line is ranked in each of its states.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns. Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how ranks and figures are built.

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Which metro area in Colorado has the fastest job growth?

Greeley, CO: +13.7%, ahead of Colorado Springs, CO (+8.7%) and Fort Collins-Loveland, CO (+8.3%), of 7 Colorado metro areas ranked.

How is this ranking calculated?

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Every metropolitan statistical area (OMB Bulletin 23-01) with a figure is ranked, one-county areas included: such an area's figures are its county's, so its row may link to the county page. Micro areas are left out. Areas without a figure for the same period as the others are not ranked. An area that crosses a state line is ranked in each of its states.

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