# Counties in Colorado by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

All 64 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `covered_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/colorado-counties

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Denver County | 560,990 |
| 2 | Arapahoe County | 340,945 |
| 3 | El Paso County | 307,977 |
| 4 | Adams County | 249,734 |
| 5 | Jefferson County | 247,248 |
| 6 | Boulder County | 191,487 |
| 7 | Larimer County | 171,281 |
| 8 | Douglas County | 149,592 |
| 9 | Weld County | 123,486 |
| 10 | Mesa County | 66,902 |
| 11 | Pueblo County | 61,592 |
| 12 | Broomfield County | 40,750 |
| 13 | Eagle County | 35,602 |
| 14 | Garfield County | 27,898 |
| 15 | La Plata County | 27,353 |
| 16 | Summit County | 22,480 |
| 17 | Pitkin County | 17,751 |
| 18 | Montrose County | 17,492 |
| 19 | Routt County | 16,323 |
| 20 | Fremont County | 14,577 |
| 21 | Morgan County | 13,229 |
| 22 | Gunnison County | 9,439 |
| 23 | Chaffee County | 9,343 |
| 24 | Montezuma County | 9,321 |
| 25 | Delta County | 8,805 |
| 26 | Grand County | 8,194 |
| 27 | Alamosa County | 8,181 |
| 28 | Teller County | 8,106 |
| 29 | Logan County | 7,773 |
| 30 | San Miguel County | 6,079 |
| 31 | Otero County | 6,030 |
| 32 | Elbert County | 5,138 |
| 33 | Archuleta County | 4,904 |
| 34 | Gilpin County | 4,789 |
| 35 | Prowers County | 4,692 |
| 36 | Las Animas County | 4,634 |
| 37 | Moffat County | 4,558 |
| 38 | Rio Grande County | 4,402 |
| 39 | Yuma County | 4,047 |
| 40 | Clear Creek County | 3,430 |
| 41 | Park County | 3,117 |
| 42 | Kit Carson County | 3,051 |
| 43 | Lake County | 2,963 |
| 44 | Rio Blanco County | 2,861 |
| 45 | Ouray County | 2,194 |
| 46 | Lincoln County | 2,190 |
| 47 | Huerfano County | 1,850 |
| 48 | Phillips County | 1,795 |
| 49 | Saguache County | 1,670 |
| 50 | Conejos County | 1,647 |
| 51 | Washington County | 1,213 |
| 52 | Bent County | 1,172 |
| 53 | Baca County | 1,164 |
| 54 | Crowley County | 1,122 |
| 55 | Custer County | 1,029 |
| 56 | Costilla County | 924 |
| 57 | Cheyenne County | 718 |
| 58 | Sedgwick County | 704 |
| 59 | Mineral County | 607 |
| 60 | Jackson County | 557 |
| 61 | Dolores County | 526 |
| 62 | Kiowa County | 490 |
| 63 | San Juan County | 450 |
| 64 | Hinsdale County | 302 |