QUARTERLY Increases in Services employment of 11,660, up 1.9%, were typical for this quarter of heated seasonal activity. Business Services (73) incurred the largest sector gain up 5272 employees. Increased use of temporary placement agencies and computer programming and related computer services generated the employment gain. Hotels & Lodging (70) added 3650 over the quarter. Increased staffing to accommodate summer tourists at lodging facilities and camps and parks throughout the state caused the sector rise. The addition of 1001 employees to Engineering, Architectural & Surveying Services and 523 employees to Management & Public Relations Services was the cause of the increase of 1444 in Engineering Services (87). Losses of 360 in Educational Services (82) were seasonal dropping due to school closure for the summer; however, one school covering about 58 employees ceased reporting as it became tax-exempt. Employment in Personal Services (72), which includes tax return preparation services, peaked last quarter and seasonally declined by 256 following the closing of the tax season. ANNUAL Over the year the Services industry displayed the largest industry increase generating more than one third of the state’s total employment gain. Services added 25,642 workers for an annual growth rate of 1.9%. Within Services, Business Services (73) reported the largest expansion, up 11,928 employees. Its strongest component was Computer Programming, Data Processing & Other Computer Related Services, which increased by 10,948 employees. Outsourced data processing functions and operations has become a high demand field of business perhaps exacerbated by compliance for Y2K. Within Business Services, significant increases were also reported by temporary help agencies up 4074 employees. Engineering Services (87) added 5838 employees. Staffing expansions occurred in Engineering, Architectural & Surveying Services up 2394 employees and new business and expansions of businesses providing management consulting, up 2083 provided the impetus for the sector increase. Only one sector lost employment over the year: Private Households (88) down 162.
Colorado Employment and Wages (ES202) Third Quarter 1999
