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 COLORADO SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDUSTRY DATA:  1997-2001 (in 000s)


Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Jobs

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

1997

1941.2

1949.1

1955.2

1951.5

1967.4

1974.8

1986.1

1990.6

1998.4

2006.2

2014.0

2021.6

1998

2026.1

2030.0

2034.9

2031.1

2048.2

2052.0

2060.5

2066.3

2071.7

2077.3

2084.1

2090.9

1999

2098.5

2108.7

2107.9

2121.3

2123.0

2129.6

2133.2

2137.1

2142.9

2153.1

2156.2

2161.7

2000

2167.4

2173.5

2188.1

2197.1

2209.7

2210.5

2219.5

2228.5

2233.7

2238.7

2242.8

2246.0

2001

2245.8

2245.6

2244.2

2241.4

2241.2

2239.5

2234.5

2231.9

2226.1

2221.9

2213.3

2205.0

Mining

 

 

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

13.7

13.7

13.7

13.7

13.8

13.9

14.3

14.1

14.1

14.2

14.0

14.1

1998

14.1

14.1

14.3

14.2

14.4

14.3

14.3

14.2

14.2

14.1

14.0

14.0

1999

13.7

13.6

13.6

13.3

13.0

12.9

12.8

12.7

12.7

12.8

12.8

12.8

2000

12.9

12.8

12.7

12.9

13.0

12.9

12.9

13.0

13.0

13.0

13.0

12.9

2001

13.2

13.4

13.5

13.7

13.9

14.2

14.3

14.3

14.4

14.4

14.5

14.6

                         

SEASONAL FACTORS, ONE YEAR AHEAD

2002

99.2

99.3

98.4

98.2

99.6

99.9

101.2

100.5

100.9

101.2

100.9

100.6

                         

Contract Construction

 

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

114.4

116.0

116.7

117.7

118.7

119.2

119.7

120.1

121.0

121.7

120.8

123.2

1998

125.4

126.8

128.1

128.6

130.6

131.5

133.1

134.7

136.2

137.3

138.2

139.7

1999

141.0

141.8

142.6

145

144.7

146.6

147.6

148.7

149.1

150.6

152.4

154.0

2000

154.8

157.3

159.8

160.2

162.2

163.0

163.6

164.7

165.3

165.8

165.5

166.3

2001

166.7

166.8

167.4

167.3

167.2

167.3

167.4

167.2

168.6

168.1

167.8

167.0

 

General Building Contractors

 

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

23.9

24.2

24.4

24.7

24.7

24.8

24.9

25.0

25.4

25.7

25.5

25.5

1998

25.9

26.1

26.4

26.6

27.2

27.3

27.5

27.7

27.7

27.9

28.2

28.5

1999

28.6

28.9

28.9

29.3

29.5

29.9

30.0

30.1

30.2

30.6

30.9

31.2

2000

31.2

31.4

31.5

31.3

31.5

31.7

31.6

31.8

31.8

31.7

31.7

31.9

2001

31.6

31.7

32.0

31.8

31.6

31.5

31.6

31.3

31.2

29.7

29.6

29.6

                         

SEASONAL FACTORS, ONE YEAR AHEAD

2002

-0.5

-0.7

-0.6

-0.6

-0.2

0.5

0.7

0.8

0.3

0.0

0.2

0.1

 

                     

Heavy Construction, Exc. Building

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

13.7

14.1

14.1

14

14.3

14.3

14.0

14.0

13.8

13.8

13.4

14.1

1998

14.8

15.0

15.1

14.7

15.0

15.3

15.8

16.3

16.9

17.1

17.2

17.5

1999

17.8

17.4

17.5

18

17.4

17.5

17.5

17.5

17.0

17.2

17.5

17.7

2000

18.0

18.4

18.6

18.9

19.5

19.2

18.9

19.2

19.6

19.8

19.8

19.6

2001

20.4

20.6

20.9

20.9

20.9

21.0

21.1

21.1

21.1

19.9

19.7

19.7

                         

SEASONAL FACTORS, ONE YEAR AHEAD

             

2002

-2.8

-3.0

-1.8

-0.5

0.9

1.6

2.0

2.2

2.2

1.2

-0.1

-2.1

 

                     

Special Trade Contractors

 

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

76.8

77.7

78.2

79

79.7

80.1

80.8

81.1

81.8

82.2

81.9

83.6

1998

84.7

85.7

86.6

87.3

88.4

88.9

89.8

90.7

91.6

92.3

92.8

93.7

1999

94.6

95.5

96.2

97.7

97.8

99.2

100.1

101.1

101.9

102.8

104.0

105.1

2000

105.6

107.5

109.7

110.0

111.2

112.1

113.1

113.7

113.9

114.3

114.0

114.8

2001

114.7

114.5

114.5

114.6

114.7

114.8

114.7

114.8

116.3

118.5

118.5

117.7

                         

SEASONAL FACTORS, ONE YEAR AHEAD

             

2002

-3.7

-3.6

-2.1

-1.7

0.0

3.5

5.2

3.6

1.4

0.3

-0.4

-2.6

 

   

               

Manufacturing

   

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

199.9

200.7

201.3

202.3

203.0

203.2

204.5

205.2

205.7

206.5

207.4

208.1

1998

208.2

209.0

208.9

208.1

208.5

208.2

207.4

207.0

206.0

205.5

205.4

204.9

1999

204.7

204.8

204.3

204.9

204.5

204.5

204.2

204.1

204.5

204.9

204.6

204.4

2000

204.4

204.3

204.6

205.0

205.0

205.5

206.2

206.9

206.7

207.3

207.5

207.7

2001

207.0

206.1

205.1

203.4

202.3

200.1

198.7

196.4

195.2

193.4

193.1

192.3

 

Durable Goods Manufacturing

 

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

125.3

125.8

126.4

127

127.3

127.7

128.7

129.2

129.6

130.4

131.1

131.8

1998

132.2

132.3

132.5

132.3

132.5

132.5

132.2

131.9

131.3

130.6

130.2

129.9

1999

129.6

129.8

129.4

129.9

129.9

129.6

129.1

129.2

129.5

129.8

129.7

129.3

2000

129.5

129.9

129.9

130.0

129.9

130.3

130.7

131.4

132.0

132.5

132.7

132.9

2001

132.6

131.9

131.1

130.2

129.6

128.0

127.6

125.5

124.4

123.4

122.8

122.0

                         

SEASONAL FACTORS, ONE YEAR AHEAD

             

2002

99.6

99.9

99.9

99.8

100.1

100.3

100.4

100.4

100.3

99.9

100.0

99.9

                         

Nondurable Goods Manufacturing

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

74.6

74.9

74.9

75.3

75.7

75.5

75.8

76.0

76.1

76.1

76.3

76.3

1998

76.0

76.7

76.4

75.8

76.0

75.7

75.2

75.1

74.7

74.9

75.2

75.0

1999

75.1

75.0

74.9

75

74.6

74.9

75.1

74.9

75.0

75.1

74.9

75.1

2000

74.9

74.4

74.7

75.0

75.1

75.2

75.5

75.5

74.7

74.8

74.8

74.8

2001

74.4

74.2

74.0

73.2

72.7

72.1

71.1

70.9

70.8

70.0

70.3

70.3

                         

SEASONAL FACTORS, ONE YEAR AHEAD

           

2002

100.2

99.9

99.6

99.4

99.0

99.9

100.0

100.2

99.8

100.7

100.4

100.6

                         

Transportation, Communication & Utilities

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

121.2

121.5

121.3

122.3

122.7

123.0

123.5

124.0

124.7

126.0

127.2

127.7

1998

126.7

126.4

126.8

127.6

128.2

129.4

130.7

131.7

132.5

133.4

133.7

134.2

1999

136.8

137.4

138.4

138.5

139.1

138.8

139.3

140.4

141.1

141.6

142.4

142.3

2000

142.3

142.7

143.0

143.7

144.3

145.0

146.0

146.7

147.1

147.1

147.4

147.3

2001

147.2

146.7

146.5

146.1

145.8

145.6

144.8

143.9

143.2

141.1

138.7

136.2

                         

SEASONAL FACTORS, ONE YEAR AHEAD

             

2002

-0.7

-1.1

-1.1

-1.1

-1.6

-0.1

0.2

0.5

0.2

0.1

1.7

2.3

                         
                         

Trade

     

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

474.9

476.3

477.7

479.4

479.2

479.8

480.7

480.8

481.6

481.6

482.6

485.3

1998

485.7

487.1

487.3

487.9

489.9

491.0

491.7

493.7

494.4

496.1

497.2

498.6

1999

499.7

503.1

501.9

503.3

504.9

507.2

508.2

507.9

510.0

511.7

512.8

513.8

2000

515.0

516.8

519.2

520.8

521.4

521.8

523.1

526.0

527.6

529.4

530.5

531.0

2001

530.9

530.4

530.2

529.9

530.2

530.2

528.7

527.4

526.9

527.9

529.0

528.0

 

Wholesale Trade

   

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

100.9

101.4

101.5

101.8

101.7

101.9

102.1

102.2

102.5

102.8

102.9

102.9

1998

103.3

103.6

103.9

104

104.2

104.4

104.4

104.4

104.4

104.3

104.0

104.3

1999

104.5

105.3

104.6

105.2

105.3

105.6

106.0

106.3

106.4

106.7

107.2

107.8

2000

108.0

108.2

108.5

108.8

109.1

109.1

109.0

109.3

109.1

109.3

109.2

109.1

2001

108.9

108.8

108.5

108.1

107.7

107.3

107.1

106.9

106.6

105.6

105.2

104.3

 

Wholesale Trade-Durable Goods

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

63.4

63.7

63.6

63.7

63.6

63.7

63.7

63.7

63.7

63.8

63.7

63.6

1998

63.8

64.0

64.2

64.3

64.4

64.5

64.4

64.4

64.5

64.4

64.3

64.4

1999

64.6

65.2

64.7

65.1

65.2

65.6

66.0

66.3

66.5

66.9

67.2

67.6

2000

67.7

67.9

68.2

68.5

68.7

68.6

68.6

68.8

68.7

69.0

69.1

69.0

2001

68.9

68.8

68.6

68.2

67.9

67.6

67.3

67.0

66.7

66.2

66.0

65.2

                         

SEASONAL FACTORS, ONE YEAR AHEAD

             

2002

99.8

99.6

100.0

100.4

100.4

100.7

100.5

99.7

99.8

99.6

99.7

99.4

 

   

               

Wholesale Trade-Nondurable Goods

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

37.5

37.7

37.9

38.1

38.1

38.2

38.4

38.5

38.8

39.0

39.2

39.3

1998

39.5

39.6

39.7

39.7

39.8

39.9

40.0

40.0

39.9

39.9

39.7

39.9

1999

39.9

40.1

39.9

40.1

40.1

40.0

40.0

40.0

39.9

39.8

40.0

40.2

2000

40.3

40.3

40.3

40.3

40.4

40.5

40.4

40.5

40.4

40.3

40.1

40.1

2001

40.0

40.0

39.9

39.9

39.8

39.7

39.8

39.9

39.9

39.4

39.2

39.1

                         

SEASONAL FACTORS, ONE YEAR AHEAD

           

2002

-0.4

-0.2

-0.4

-0.2

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.2

-0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

                         

Retail Trade

   

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

374.0

374.9

376.2

377.6

377.5

377.9

378.6

378.6

379.1

378.8

379.7

382.4

1998

382.4

383.5

383.4

383.9

385.7

386.6

387.3

389.3

390.0

391.8

393.2

394.3

1999

395.2

397.8

397.3

398.1

399.6

401.6

402.2

401.6

403.6

405.0

405.6

406.0

2000

407.0

408.6

410.7

412.0

412.3

412.7

414.1

416.7

418.5

420.1

421.3

421.9

2001

422.0

421.6

421.7

421.8

422.5

422.9

421.6

420.5

420.3

422.3

423.8

423.7

                         

SEASONAL FACTORS, ONE YEAR AHEAD

             

2002

99.6

98.5

98.8

98.8

98.0

100.1

100.3

100.9

99.8

100.2

102.0

103.2

       

               

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

123.2

124.0

125.0

125.8

126.5

127.2

127.8

128.5

128.9

129.8

130.6

131.9

1998

131.8

132.4

133.0

133.8

134.7

135.5

136.4

137.2

137.8

138.2

138.5

139.2

1999

139.8

140.6

140.5

140.5

140.5

140.8

141.0

140.9

140.7

141.1

141.2

141.2

2000

141.3

141.4

141.6

141.5

141.6

141.6

141.8

142.0

142.7

142.6

143.0

143.3

2001

143.7

144.0

144.4

144.7

144.8

144.9

144.8

144.4

144.1

144.4

143.2

142.4

                         

SEASONAL FACTORS, ONE YEAR AHEAD

             

2002

100.6

100.6

100.3

99.7

99.0

100.0

100.3

100.3

99.4

99.3

99.7

100.5

 

   

               

Services

     

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

580.6

584.2

586.4

576.3

588.9

593.1

598.6

601.3

605.6

608.5

613.1

612.5

1998

613.8

614.7

616.9

611

620.2

620.8

623.4

625.7

627.8

629.3

632.2

634.7

1999

637.4

641.3

640.5

649

648.4

651.4

651.9

653.5

655.4

660.8

660.7

662.4

2000

665.7

666.1

671.2

676.0

679.6

683.1

687.9

690.3

694.0

696.2

697.6

698.1

2001

697.3

697.3

696.8

695.5

694.7

693.2

690.6

690.4

686.8

683.2

676.7

673.0

                         

SEASONAL FACTORS, ONE YEAR AHEAD

             

2002

99.3

99.5

99.9

99.8

99.4

101.5

101.7

101.5

99.9

98.4

99.0

100.6

       

               

Government

   

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

313.3

312.7

313.1

314

314.6

315.4

317.0

316.6

316.8

317.9

318.3

318.8

1998

320.4

319.5

319.6

319.9

321.7

321.3

323.5

322.1

322.8

323.4

324.9

325.6

1999

325.4

326.1

326.1

326.8

327.9

327.4

328.2

328.9

329.4

329.6

329.3

330.8

2000

331.0

332.1

336.0

337.0

342.6

337.6

338.0

338.9

337.3

337.3

338.3

339.4

2001

339.8

340.9

340.3

340.8

342.3

344.0

345.2

347.9

346.9

349.4

350.3

351.5

 

Federal Government

   

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

54.6

54.6

54.5

54.4

54.2

54.1

54.0

54.0

54.1

54.2

54.4

54.6

1998

54.3

54.2

54.1

54.2

54.5

54.4

54.5

54.7

54.7

54.5

55.1

55.1

1999

54.5

54.3

54.3

54.3

54.1

54.3

54.2

54.1

53.9

53.8

53.6

53.6

2000

54.1

54.3

56.3

55.5

61.0

54.6

55.7

53.7

53.1

52.8

52.9

52.9

2001

53.1

52.9

52.8

52.6

52.9

53.3

53.2

53.1

53.4

53.8

53.6

53.4

                         

SEASONAL FACTORS, ONE YEAR AHEAD

             

2002

-0.8

-0.7

-0.5

-0.6

0.1

1.0

0.8

0.7

0.2

-0.3

-0.8

0.6

                         

State Government

   

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

74.6

73.6

73.4

73.5

73.9

74.2

74.8

74.7

75.2

74.9

75.2

75.0

1998

76.3

75.1

75.1

75

75.4

75.8

76.8

75.6

75.5

75.7

76.0

76.2

1999

76.0

76.4

76.5

76.7

77.6

76.4

76.5

77.0

77.4

77.7

77.3

77.9

2000

76.7

77.3

78.3

78.6

78.6

78.9

76.6

79.4

79.5

79.5

79.9

80.8

2001

80.1

80.6

79.1

79.5

79.7

80.5

80.4

80.5

80.5

80.0

80.5

80.6

                         

SEASONAL FACTORS, ONE YEAR AHEAD

           

2002

94.6

105.6

104.6

103.6

102.5

89.7

87.1

88.4

103.3

105.5

106.6

105.9

                         

Local Government

   

               

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

                         

1997

184.1

184.5

185.2

186.1

186.5

187.1

188.2

187.9

187.5

188.8

188.7

189.2

1998

189.8

190.2

190.4

190.7

191.8

191.1

192.2

191.8

192.6

193.2

193.8

194.3

1999

194.9

195.4

195.3

195.8

196.2

196.7

197.5

197.8

198.1

198.1

198.4

199.3

2000

200.2

200.5

201.4

202.9

203.0

204.1

205.7

205.8

204.7

205.0

205.5

205.7

2001

206.6

207.4

208.4

208.7

209.7

210.2

211.6

214.3

213.0

215.6

216.2

217.5

                         

SEASONAL FACTORS, ONE YEAR AHEAD

             

2002

99.3

100.4

101.0

101.5

102.4

103.0

95.8

95.4

99.1

100.9

101.4

100.5

                         

*To facilitate the evaluation of labor market developments, recurrent yearly movements have been isolated and removed by the X-12-ARIMA

Seasonal Adjustment Method. Estimates made in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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