Colorado Quarterly Employment Counts by Industry and County Since 2000

Colorado employment data from the state's Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) provides quarterly counts of firms, establishments, and employees. The dataset is organized by county, industry classification (SIC and NAICS codes), and ownership type. It includes metrics for average employment, monthly employee counts, and total wages, with records from 2000 onward.

Use Cases

• Analyze industry employment trends over time using `periodyear`, `period`, `indcode`, and `avgemp`.
• Compare labor market health across Colorado counties using `areaname`, `firms`, `estab`, and `totwage`.
• Model the relationship between average weekly wages (`avgwkwage`) and firm ownership type (`ownertitle`) within specific industries (`codetitle`).

Strengths

• Data is updated quarterly, providing regular snapshots of the labor market.
• Includes dual industry classification via SIC and NAICS codes (`indcodty`, `indcode`).
• Covers a long temporal range, with data available since the year 2000 (`periodyear`).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE)

Collection Method

Likely collected through mandatory employer reporting for unemployment insurance and labor statistics.

Time Range

Quarterly data since 2000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 11:01:16; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Colorado, broken down by county (`areaname`)