Colorado loses 6,900 payroll jobs in June; unemployment edges up
Colorado lost a net 6,900 non-farm payroll jobs in June from the month before, and the state's unemployment rate edged up to 8.2 percent, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday.
The Denver area lost 11,500 jobs in 2008, placing it in 34th place on a list of cities that shed the most jobs last year, according to a new bizjournals analysis.