Although the industry is slowly starting to recover, Denver manufacturing jobs saw the smallest increase in employment last month.
During March, the Denver area’s unemployment rate fell from 9.8 percent to 9.3 percent, accounting for the second monthly decrease in a row. However, the latest decrease still puts the area’s rate above the national average of 8.8 percent.
The Denver-Aurora-Broomfield area employed about 1,184,600 workers during March, which is up from 1,176,000 workers during February and a .9 percent increase from last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.