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Colorado Economy: GDP, Income and Employment

Colorado produced $574.9 billion in current-dollar GDP in 2025, 1.86% of the published U.S. total. Its real output changed 1.87% from 2024.

Gross domestic product

$574.9 billion

2025 · Current dollars · BEA SAGDP1 line 3
$574,863.9 million. Published September 30, 2026.

Real GDP growth

1.87%

2025 vs. 2024 · Annual change
Calculated from BEA SAGDP1 line 1, chained 2017 dollars.

Unemployment rate

4.0%

August 2026 · Seasonally adjusted · Preliminary
BLS LAUS · Published September 18, 2026.

Payroll job growth

0.22%

August 2026 vs. August 2025 · Seasonally adjusted
BLS state CES · 2,970.3 thousand nonfarm jobs.

Personal income per capita

$86,342

2025 · Dollars per resident · BEA SAINC1 line 3
Before personal current taxes. Published September 30, 2026.

Regional price level

103.052

2024 · U.S. = 100 · BEA all-items RPP
Published February 19, 2026. This measures price levels, not inflation.

Colorado compared with the United States

Annual real GDP growth was 0.48 percentage points below the U.S. annual growth rate in 2025. Personal income per resident was $9,314 above the U.S. value of $77,028 in the same year. These comparisons use national observations from the same regional producer files.

The August unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points below the national 4.1% reading. That numerical difference is not a statistical-significance claim. The 2024 price parity was 3.1% above the national benchmark. Household circumstances and local housing markets can differ from these state averages.

Where Colorado ranks among states

GDP and income history

Current-dollar output rose 64.1% between 2017 and 2025 in this acquired history. That figure includes price change and is separate from real output growth. The chart uses the published price-adjusted total; chained-dollar industry components are not added together.

Colorado real GDP, 2017–2025 — Millions of chained 2017 dollars 337.9K401.5K465.1K 20172025 Colorado real GDP, 2017–2025 — Millions of chained 2017 dollars 337.9K401.5K465.1K 20172025
Colorado annual accounts and spatial prices · acquired September 30, 2026
YearNominal GDP, $ millionsReal GDP, chained 2017 $ millionsIncome per resident, $All-items price parity
2025574,863.9452,775.886,342Not published
2024551,744.9444,473.582,498103.052
2023528,959.0437,238.479,761101.856
2022498,483.4422,368.476,616102.260
2021444,363.7405,092.871,934102.765
2020396,018.1379,580.764,669103.774
2019397,834.5383,674.361,242102.491
2018373,923.1365,177.057,765100.290
2017350,209.1350,209.154,145102.946

Missing 2025 price parities mean that year was not published in the acquired file. They are not treated as zero or estimated from another year.

Employment and unemployment history

Unemployment describes eligible resident jobseekers as a share of the civilian labor force. Payroll employment describes jobs at establishments in Colorado. A commuter can live in another state; a person with multiple covered jobs can contribute multiple payroll jobs. Neither series substitutes for the other.

Colorado unemployment rate, 2017–2026 — Percent of civilian labor force; seasonally adjusted 1.37.112.8 2017-012026-08 Colorado unemployment rate, 2017–2026 — Percent of civilian labor force; seasonally adjusted 1.37.112.8 2017-012026-08

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Monthly unemployment and payroll table
BLS state series · seasonally adjusted · payroll levels in thousands of jobs
MonthUnemployment, %Payroll jobs, thousandsUnemployment status
August 20264.02,970.3Preliminary
July 20263.92,971.7Published
June 20263.92,967.9Published
May 20263.92,966.0Published
April 20263.92,966.9Published
March 20263.92,956.0Published
February 20263.92,953.2Published
January 20263.92,960.7Published
December 20253.82,959.4Published
November 20253.82,961.1Published
October 2025Not published2,961.0Not published
September 20253.82,962.6Published
August 20253.92,963.7Published
July 20253.92,961.6Published
June 20254.02,942.2Published
May 20254.12,966.4Published
April 20254.22,963.9Published
March 20254.22,963.4Published
February 20254.32,962.6Published
January 20254.32,977.0Published
December 20244.32,971.1Published
November 20244.32,969.0Published
October 20244.32,970.8Published
September 20244.32,973.4Published
August 20244.32,966.3Published
July 20244.22,965.9Published
June 20244.12,979.9Published
May 20244.12,973.5Published
April 20244.02,964.6Published
March 20243.92,973.7Published
February 20243.92,969.7Published
January 20243.82,957.3Published
December 20233.72,954.3Published
November 20233.62,946.9Published
October 20233.52,947.6Published
September 20233.42,952.0Published
August 20233.32,947.6Published
July 20233.32,940.8Published
June 20233.22,947.7Published
May 20233.22,933.7Published
April 20233.12,928.2Published
March 20233.12,922.5Published
February 20233.02,915.5Published
January 20233.02,912.1Published
December 20223.02,903.0Published
November 20222.92,897.9Published
October 20222.92,890.6Published
September 20222.82,884.4Published
August 20222.62,878.0Published
July 20222.72,868.6Published
June 20222.92,862.8Published
May 20223.02,868.6Published
April 20223.12,868.6Published
March 20223.32,847.6Published
February 20223.62,840.3Published
January 20224.02,826.2Published
December 20214.22,819.7Published
November 20214.42,809.7Published
October 20214.62,799.1Published
September 20214.92,778.3Published
August 20215.42,767.1Published
July 20215.72,763.5Published
June 20215.92,746.3Published
May 20216.02,730.7Published
April 20216.22,718.8Published
March 20216.22,709.5Published
February 20216.32,694.6Published
January 20216.32,673.3Published
December 20206.42,647.6Published
November 20206.22,669.7Published
October 20206.22,671.6Published
September 20206.32,649.5Published
August 20206.22,623.3Published
July 20206.52,595.1Published
June 202011.22,567.3Published
May 202011.72,517.7Published
April 202011.22,443.3Published
March 20203.42,806.9Published
February 20203.22,819.9Published
January 20203.02,819.7Published
December 20192.82,811.5Published
November 20192.72,810.3Published
October 20192.62,804.6Published
September 20192.52,803.9Published
August 20192.52,805.4Published
July 20192.52,799.0Published
June 20192.52,787.9Published
May 20192.62,785.5Published
April 20192.62,774.6Published
March 20192.82,767.3Published
February 20192.92,768.1Published
January 20193.02,760.3Published
December 20183.02,752.5Published
November 20183.12,748.8Published
October 20183.12,741.2Published
September 20183.12,734.3Published
August 20183.12,736.3Published
July 20183.12,731.1Published
June 20183.12,727.5Published
May 20183.02,721.8Published
April 20183.02,717.5Published
March 20182.92,713.4Published
February 20182.92,704.7Published
January 20182.92,698.1Published
December 20172.92,692.0Published
November 20172.82,679.9Published
October 20172.82,679.7Published
September 20172.82,675.3Published
August 20172.72,667.3Published
July 20172.62,661.2Published
June 20172.52,656.5Published
May 20172.42,651.0Published
April 20172.42,647.7Published
March 20172.42,645.9Published
February 20172.52,636.2Published
January 20172.62,626.9Published

Largest published industries in Colorado

The table orders non-overlapping broad sectors by their 2025 current-dollar GDP in BEA SAGDP2. These shares describe production structure; they do not establish the sectors responsible for the most recent real growth. Suppressed or unavailable cells are omitted rather than reconstructed.

Colorado largest acquired broad industries · 2025 · current dollars
IndustryProducer classificationOutput, $ millionsShare of state GDP
Real estate and rental and leasing5390,823.815.80%
Professional, scientific, and technical services5465,638.511.42%
Government and government enterprises9264,995.511.31%
Health care and social assistance6236,666.46.38%
Information5136,605.06.37%

Real estate and rental and leasing is the largest of the acquired broad sectors, at 15.8% of total nominal output. The next sectors are Professional, scientific, and technical services and Government and government enterprises. The original industry classification and table line remain in the JSON download; no occupational wage or employment estimate is inferred from an output share.

Compare economies of a similar nominal size

The three states nearest Colorado in 2025 nominal GDP are Maryland, Tennessee, Arizona. These peers are selected by the absolute difference in total GDP, not by neighboring borders, household income, industry similarity or policy. Use the separate rankings to compare other dimensions.

Sources, downloads and geographic coverage

BEA state accounts: SAGDP1, SAINC1 and SARPP. BLS unemployment code: LASST080000000000003; payroll code: SMS08000000000000001. Geography: Colorado, state FIPS 08; BEA area code 08000. Industry output uses the 2017 NAICS classification in SAGDP2. Original codes are text and must retain leading zeroes.

Source-file dates: GDP/income September 30, 2026; prices February 19, 2026; state labor September 18, 2026. Snapshot: regional-2026-09-30-reviewed. Estimates are revisable. This archive preserves the acquired figures and does not reproduce earlier published vintages. County or metro values are not inferred from this state profile.

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