How many job openings are there in Colorado?

Colorado had 100K job openings as of Dec 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS).

How many people were hired in Colorado recently?

Colorado recorded 86K hires in Dec 2025, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics JOLTS survey data. Hires represent all additions to the payroll during the reference month.

What is the quits rate in Colorado?

59K workers voluntarily quit their jobs in Colorado during Dec 2025. The quits rate was 2.0%. Quits are a closely-watched confidence signal, workers tend to leave voluntarily only when they expect to find something better.

How many layoffs happened in Colorado?

There were 23K layoffs and discharges in Colorado during Dec 2025. This tallies involuntary job losses only, layoffs with no plan to rehire plus discharges for cause, not voluntary departures.

What are total separations in Colorado?

Total separations in Colorado reached 88K in Dec 2025. This includes all employees who left their jobs, whether through quits, layoffs, discharges, retirements, or transfers to other locations of the same firm.

State · BLS JOLTS · Dec 2025

Colorado Labor Market

Colorado labor-market flows from the federal JOLTS program, monthly openings, hires, and separations. Check the reference month; state rows can publish after the national series.

Compiled by PlainLabor · August 17, 2026

100K
Job openings: 86K
Hires: 2.0%
Quits rate: 38th
Of 51 states (openings rate, 3-month average)

BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-08 Colorado

100K openings · 3.3% rate · 86K hires · Dec 2025

OPEN 100K
RATE 3.3%
RANK 38th
HIRE 86K
QUIT 2.0%
LAY 23K
YOY -12.3%
PHOTO Illinois

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Illinois (3.3%)

Openings-rate neighbourhood · Dec 2025 (this state highlighted)

Colorado is 38th of 51 states by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed roster. Read Illinois →

Labor market health score

18/100

Colorado, weighted across 3 of 3 tracked dimensions

A weighted composite of the job openings, hires, and quits rates against every other state's same-month JOLTS data. It describes the latest reported month, not a forecast, and does not weigh wages, cost of living, or industry mix.

Job openings rate F 3.3%

Job openings as a share of employment plus openings, latest month
Hires rate F 2.9%

Hires as a share of employment, latest month
Quits rate F 2.0%

Voluntary quits as a share of employment — a worker-confidence signal

Colorado is 25th of 51 by openings volume but 46th by latest-month openings rate, so size is not tightness.

Loose rate band

Colorado sits in the loosest openings-rate third

Dec 2025 openings rate only. Colorado ranks 46th of 51 on this month's board; denser peers are above on the chart. Signature: 46th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (3.3%).

Colorado among state openings rates · Dec 2025

Colorado openings rate vs this month's observed state ceiling

Colorado sits at 46th of 51 in the full latest-month board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this state.

Colorado openings fell 12.3% year over year

Monthly job openings in Colorado from the BLS JOLTS survey, in thousands. The current openings rate is 3.3%.

Openings vs. quits

Where Colorado sits: Cool & settled

Each point is one state, Dec 2025: openings rate on the x-axis, voluntary quits rate on the y-axis. A hot job market does not reliably make workers confident enough to quit and chase it, and across the full 51-state table the two rates correlate only weakly. Colorado's own openings rate is 3.3% against a 4% average, and its quits rate is 2.0% against a 2.2% average.