# Cities in Colorado by employed residents, 2025

All 28 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/colorado-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Denver, CO | 434,229 |
| 2 | Colorado Springs, CO | 252,293 |
| 3 | Aurora, CO | 214,105 |
| 4 | Fort Collins, CO | 95,429 |
| 5 | Lakewood, CO | 88,713 |
| 6 | Thornton, CO | 80,573 |
| 7 | Arvada, CO | 69,342 |
| 8 | Westminster, CO | 67,591 |
| 9 | Boulder, CO | 59,448 |
| 10 | Centennial, CO | 59,140 |
| 11 | Longmont, CO | 55,431 |
| 12 | Greeley, CO | 50,158 |
| 13 | Castle Rock, CO | 45,767 |
| 14 | Broomfield, CO | 44,341 |
| 15 | Pueblo, CO | 43,830 |
| 16 | Loveland, CO | 40,312 |
| 17 | Parker, CO | 37,854 |
| 18 | Commerce City, CO | 36,785 |
| 19 | Grand Junction, CO | 34,587 |
| 20 | Littleton, CO | 25,595 |
| 21 | Brighton, CO | 22,771 |
| 22 | Englewood, CO | 21,907 |
| 23 | Northglenn, CO | 21,403 |
| 24 | Erie, CO | 19,874 |
| 25 | Windsor, CO | 19,390 |
| 26 | Wheat Ridge, CO | 18,144 |
| 27 | Lafayette, CO | 18,051 |
| 28 | Fountain, CO | 13,341 |