Colorado Unemployment Rate Falls To 4.3 Percent

2,000 jobs in July, but the unemployment rate still fell to 4.3 percent because so many people stopped looking for work.

• July 21: Colorado Unemployment Rises to 4.4 percent
• April 21: Colorado Unemployment Rate Steady

The number of jobs fell last month, but when you look at the whole year --July 2014 to July 2015-- Colorado added 50,000 more jobs than the previous year.

CU’s Leeds School of Business says that 2 percent increase matched the national average. In July, tourism was the fastest growing industry. Despite weak oil prices, that industry saw stable employment for the third month in a row.