Even though unemployment continues to climb, the local and statewide job picture is continuing to improve.
During November, the Denver area’s unemployment rate increased to 8.7 percent, while Colorado’s rate grew to 8.6 percent. Despite the increases, both of those figures are lower than the national average of 9.8 percent.
More Denver jobs were added over the month, as employment grew from 1,192,400 workers during October to 1,194,200 workers during November, making for a .2 percent increase from 2009, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.