ryan gedney
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Fact check: There really are two jobs for every unemployed person in Colorado
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There are, indeed, two jobs available for every unemployed individual in Colorado, as Gov. Jared Polis said in his State of the State address last week – but it’s unclear what level of quality and or what industry these jobs are most likely in. Polis said there are “two available jobs for every unemployed person” in…
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Colorado unemployment rate drops again in May
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Colorado’s unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in May, its lowest level since the pandemic began. And the state’s economy has recovered more than twice as quickly as it did during the Great Recession, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment announced Friday. May was the 11th month in a row in which Colorado’s unemployment rate either…
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Colorado unemployment rate falls as payrolls surge to record
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Colorado’s unemployment rate fell in February to its lowest level in two years as payrolls surged to a record high, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. Colorado recovers jobs lost in first months of pandemic The 4% jobless rate, down from 4.2% in January, is the lowest since February 2020, just before…
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Colorado recovers jobs lost in first months of pandemic
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Colorado’s private sector has recovered all of the jobs lost early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Since May 2020, the state has added 370,000 private sector payroll jobs, compared to losses totaling 358,800 in March and April 2020 that were triggered by a stay-at-home state…
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Colorado unemployment rate falls for fifth consecutive month
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Colorado’s unemployment rate fell in November for a fifth consecutive month , the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. The state’s 5.1% jobless rate last month was down from 5.4% in October; it has dropped a full percentage point since July as 30,000 more people held jobs in November than did four months…
