# Leisure and hospitality payroll employment in Colorado

Leisure and hospitality payroll employment in Colorado was 358,800 jobs in August 2026 (provisional). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

- Indicator id: `payroll_employment_leisure_hospitality`
- Place id: `us-state-08`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Number of jobs on leisure and hospitality payrolls in the month, seasonally adjusted, from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The supersector covers arts, entertainment and recreation, and accommodation and food services.
- Note: One of the eleven CES supersectors that make up nonfarm_payroll_employment. Counts jobs on nonfarm payrolls, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. It covers full-time and part-time employees paid for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th of the month, and excludes the self-employed, farm workers, private household workers and unpaid family workers.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, leisure and hospitality, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000007000000001) (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.74.LeisureAndHospitality.Current)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, leisure and hospitality, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000007000000001). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.74.LeisureAndHospitality.Current. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/leisure-hospitality-jobs/colorado
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=payroll_employment_leisure_hospitality&place=us-state-08

| Period | jobs |
|---|---:|
| 2026-08 | 358,800 (provisional) |
| 2026-07 | 357,100 |
| 2026-06 | 356,500 |
| 2026-05 | 353,200 |
| 2026-04 | 351,200 |
| 2026-03 | 349,300 |
| 2026-02 | 348,300 |
| 2026-01 | 348,400 |
| 2025-12 | 351,100 |
| 2025-11 | 353,300 |
| 2025-10 | 353,900 |
| 2025-09 | 350,800 |
| 2025-08 | 349,800 |
| 2025-07 | 348,100 |
| 2025-06 | 344,200 |
| 2025-05 | 351,600 |
| 2025-04 | 350,200 |
| 2025-03 | 350,700 |
| 2025-02 | 351,500 |
| 2025-01 | 352,200 |
| 2024-12 | 352,500 |
| 2024-11 | 351,600 |
| 2024-10 | 353,300 |
| 2024-09 | 355,200 |
| 2024-08 | 352,200 |
| 2024-07 | 352,800 |
| 2024-06 | 353,800 |
| 2024-05 | 353,600 |
| 2024-04 | 352,400 |
| 2024-03 | 353,400 |
| 2024-02 | 351,900 |
| 2024-01 | 352,700 |
| 2023-12 | 353,700 |
| 2023-11 | 353,000 |
| 2023-10 | 351,300 |
| 2023-09 | 351,100 |
| 2023-08 | 352,600 |
| 2023-07 | 351,200 |
| 2023-06 | 351,500 |
| 2023-05 | 350,500 |
| 2023-04 | 348,500 |
| 2023-03 | 349,700 |
| 2023-02 | 348,600 |
| 2023-01 | 346,900 |
| 2022-12 | 345,400 |
| 2022-11 | 344,300 |
| 2022-10 | 342,400 |
| 2022-09 | 341,300 |
| 2022-08 | 340,600 |
| 2022-07 | 339,400 |
| 2022-06 | 336,300 |
| 2022-05 | 337,400 |
| 2022-04 | 337,800 |
| 2022-03 | 334,200 |
| 2022-02 | 332,100 |
| 2022-01 | 328,900 |
| 2021-12 | 327,500 |
| 2021-11 | 326,200 |
| 2021-10 | 324,700 |
| 2021-09 | 320,700 |
| 2021-08 | 317,200 |
| 2021-07 | 313,700 |
| 2021-06 | 308,200 |
| 2021-05 | 302,300 |
| 2021-04 | 294,700 |
| 2021-03 | 284,300 |
| 2021-02 | 279,400 |
| 2021-01 | 268,400 |
| 2020-12 | 247,900 |
| 2020-11 | 279,300 |
| 2020-10 | 284,800 |
| 2020-09 | 276,500 |
| 2020-08 | 264,600 |
| 2020-07 | 255,900 |
| 2020-06 | 238,400 |
| 2020-05 | 205,900 |
| 2020-04 | 174,300 |
| 2020-03 | 340,300 |
| 2020-02 | 348,600 |
| 2020-01 | 347,700 |
| 2019-12 | 347,400 |
| 2019-11 | 346,700 |
| 2019-10 | 346,600 |
| 2019-09 | 346,200 |
| 2019-08 | 346,000 |
| 2019-07 | 345,700 |
| 2019-06 | 344,600 |
| 2019-05 | 344,100 |
| 2019-04 | 344,000 |
| 2019-03 | 343,300 |
| 2019-02 | 344,200 |
| 2019-01 | 342,900 |
| 2018-12 | 342,700 |
| 2018-11 | 342,200 |
| 2018-10 | 340,300 |
| 2018-09 | 338,200 |
| 2018-08 | 338,600 |
| 2018-07 | 338,600 |
| 2018-06 | 339,700 |
| 2018-05 | 338,500 |
| 2018-04 | 339,500 |
| 2018-03 | 339,300 |
| 2018-02 | 338,100 |
| 2018-01 | 339,200 |
| 2017-12 | 337,200 |
| 2017-11 | 335,700 |
| 2017-10 | 335,300 |
| 2017-09 | 334,400 |
| 2017-08 | 333,600 |
| 2017-07 | 333,600 |
| 2017-06 | 332,800 |
| 2017-05 | 331,700 |
| 2017-04 | 330,800 |
| 2017-03 | 330,800 |
| 2017-02 | 330,000 |
| 2017-01 | 329,100 |
| 2016-12 | 327,400 |
| 2016-11 | 326,600 |
| 2016-10 | 326,200 |
| 2016-09 | 326,000 |
| 2016-08 | 326,600 |
| 2016-07 | 324,200 |
| 2016-06 | 322,200 |
| 2016-05 | 321,700 |
| 2016-04 | 321,100 |
| 2016-03 | 320,800 |
| 2016-02 | 320,600 |
| 2016-01 | 319,100 |
| 2015-12 | 318,300 |
| 2015-11 | 318,000 |
| 2015-10 | 316,500 |
| 2015-09 | 316,500 |
| 2015-08 | 314,400 |
| 2015-07 | 313,400 |
| 2015-06 | 312,600 |
| 2015-05 | 312,300 |
| 2015-04 | 310,400 |
| 2015-03 | 309,000 |
| 2015-02 | 308,600 |
| 2015-01 | 306,400 |
| 2014-12 | 305,800 |
| 2014-11 | 303,500 |
| 2014-10 | 303,700 |
| 2014-09 | 303,300 |
| 2014-08 | 301,700 |
| 2014-07 | 300,600 |
| 2014-06 | 299,600 |
| 2014-05 | 300,000 |
| 2014-04 | 298,900 |
| 2014-03 | 297,600 |
| 2014-02 | 295,800 |
| 2014-01 | 295,300 |
| 2013-12 | 292,600 |
| 2013-11 | 290,900 |
| 2013-10 | 291,100 |
| 2013-09 | 290,700 |
| 2013-08 | 291,000 |
| 2013-07 | 290,800 |
| 2013-06 | 290,200 |
| 2013-05 | 288,200 |
| 2013-04 | 287,800 |
| 2013-03 | 287,100 |
| 2013-02 | 286,600 |
| 2013-01 | 284,900 |
| 2012-12 | 284,100 |
| 2012-11 | 285,000 |
| 2012-10 | 282,100 |
| 2012-09 | 280,600 |
| 2012-08 | 280,400 |
| 2012-07 | 280,100 |
| 2012-06 | 279,600 |
| 2012-05 | 278,200 |
| 2012-04 | 277,400 |
| 2012-03 | 277,900 |
| 2012-02 | 275,200 |
| 2012-01 | 275,700 |
| 2011-12 | 274,900 |
| 2011-11 | 274,800 |
| 2011-10 | 274,100 |
| 2011-09 | 274,600 |
| 2011-08 | 272,300 |
| 2011-07 | 271,000 |
| 2011-06 | 270,200 |
| 2011-05 | 269,700 |
| 2011-04 | 269,300 |
| 2011-03 | 269,400 |
| 2011-02 | 267,600 |
| 2011-01 | 269,200 |
| 2010-12 | 268,000 |
| 2010-11 | 265,700 |
| 2010-10 | 266,300 |
| 2010-09 | 264,200 |
| 2010-08 | 263,800 |
| 2010-07 | 262,900 |
| 2010-06 | 262,300 |
| 2010-05 | 261,500 |
| 2010-04 | 261,700 |
| 2010-03 | 259,900 |
| 2010-02 | 260,400 |
| 2010-01 | 260,000 |
| 2009-12 | 259,600 |
| 2009-11 | 260,300 |
| 2009-10 | 261,300 |
| 2009-09 | 261,700 |
| 2009-08 | 261,600 |
| 2009-07 | 262,300 |
| 2009-06 | 261,700 |
| 2009-05 | 264,100 |
| 2009-04 | 262,800 |
| 2009-03 | 263,300 |
| 2009-02 | 264,800 |
| 2009-01 | 265,800 |
| 2008-12 | 267,600 |
| 2008-11 | 269,600 |
| 2008-10 | 270,500 |
| 2008-09 | 272,100 |
| 2008-08 | 272,700 |
| 2008-07 | 273,800 |
| 2008-06 | 275,500 |
| 2008-05 | 277,600 |
| 2008-04 | 274,900 |
| 2008-03 | 274,200 |
| 2008-02 | 274,500 |
| 2008-01 | 274,000 |
| 2007-12 | 274,200 |
| 2007-11 | 273,200 |
| 2007-10 | 271,900 |
| 2007-09 | 270,700 |
| 2007-08 | 269,800 |
| 2007-07 | 269,800 |
| 2007-06 | 269,600 |
| 2007-05 | 269,700 |
| 2007-04 | 269,900 |
| 2007-03 | 269,500 |
| 2007-02 | 268,100 |
| 2007-01 | 267,600 |