Denver CO Employment and Economy

When you’re buying a home in Denver, the employment outlook in the area is an important consideration. The Denver employment outlook for 2007 remains steady. Unemployment is still low, and job creation is expected to approach 2% for 2007. Buyers Advantage Real Estate offers employment information to help you research jobs in the Denver metro area. View the 20 Largest Metro Denver employers, career information sites, and key search sites for metro Denver jobs.

Employer	Number of Employees
Qwest Communications Telecommunications	9,500
King Soopers Inc. Grocery stores	8,600
Wal-Mart General merchandise	7,900
HealthONE Health care	7,900
Lockheed Martin Corporation Aerospace and defense-related	7,700
Safeway Inc. Grocery stores	6,700
EchoStar Communications Satellite television	6,700
IBM Corporation Computer systems	6,100
United Airlines Airline	5,600
University of Denver University	5,400
Exempla Healthcare Health care	4,900
Sun Microsystems Information technology	4,700
Centura Health Health care	4,600
Frontier Airlines Airline	4,300
Denver Health & Hospital Authority Health care	4,100
Kaiser Permanente General employment Kaiser Permanente For physicians Health care	3,900
Ball Corporation Aerospace, containers	3,800
University of Colorado Hospital Health care	3,800
Wells Fargo Bank West N.A. Financial services	3,500
First Data Corp. Financial services	3,500
Data courtesy of Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation 306

Job Search Resources

• Vault site - research companies, get job search advice, look for a job, and much more.
• Denver Biz Journal – job search
• Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News – job search
• Colorado Jobs – job search
• Colorado Non-Profit Association – job search
• More non-profit jobs – Regis University non-profit job bank