Weld County Workforce

Weld County’s workforce is reported at nearly 115,000, but that only tells part of the story. Due to good highway access, workers routinely commute throughout the area, suggesting that the actual labor shed available to employers is significantly larger than that figure. Unemployment reported for the end of 2006 was 3.8%.

• Weld County employment growth for the first quarter of ’06 was 4%, compared to the nation’s average of 2.2%. Weld County wages grew by 10.7%, compared to 8.1% for the rest of the country during the same period. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 11/06)
• Greeley was identified as the #18 Hot Spot small city for five-year job growth. (INC. Magazine, May, 2005)
• Weld County’s population is 30% Hispanic, providing employers access to a bi-lingual workforce.