Pagosa Springs and Archuleta County Workforce - Archuleta Economic Development Association - relocation and workforce data on Archuleta County in Colorado

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Archuleta County has a diversified, growing labor force to meet your employment needs. Currently, the labor force is growing 3 times faster than population; ie, 10.1% vs. 3.2%. Please see below for industry/job/income data, as well as job growth. Other reports are available for download in the Data/Reports section. (Click here for Education information)

	Archuleta August 2006	Archuleta August 2005	Growth Rate
Total Labor Force	6,936	6,277	10.5%
Employment	6,680	6,019	11.0%
Unemployed	256	258	-0.8%
Rate	3.7%	4.1%
Source: CO Department of Labor

Archuleta County 2005 Total Employment	# of Jobs	% of Jobs	Income ($000)	% of Total Income	Avg. Annual Wage
Agriculture	259	4%	$ (4,048)	-3%	$ -
Mining & Utilities	76	1%	$ 4,099	3%	$ 53,934
Construction	966	16%	$ 29,511	18%	$ 30,052
Manufacturing	85	1%	$ 1,793	1%	$ 21,094
Transportation & Warehousing	45	1%	$ 1,069	1%	$ 23,756
Retail Trade	901	15%	$ 21,762	13%	$ 23,941
Wholesale Trade	57	1%	$ 3,225	2%	$ 56,579
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate	638	11%	$ 25,315	16%	$ 39,066
Services	2271	38%	$ 51,997	32%	$ 22,896
Government	650	11%	$ 26,853	17%	$ 41,312
Total	5950	100%	$161,576	100%

Employment Reports

Unemployment Rate/Total Job Growth	XLS
2005 Industry/Job/Income Report	XLS
2005 Colorado Occupational Average Wages	XLS
2006 Archuleta County Average Weekly Wage	PDF

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