1. Home
  2. About Us
  3. Workforce Snapshot

Workforce Snapshot

The following information provides a snapshot of demographics of the State of Colorado workforce from December, 2021.

Printable Snapshot PDF.

 

For further exploration into the workforce data, please see the full reports listed on the Division of Human Resources Workforce Report page.

Employee Count

37,822

Average Years Of Service

9.5

Classified
Non-Classified
29,204 8,618
Females
Males
19,874 17,899

Average Age

45.8

Age Distribution
Traditionalists 0.2%
Boomers 21.6%
Gen Xers 41.8%
Millennials 36.4%

Average Annual Salary

$65,974

Average Salary

Bar chart and line graph of Average Salary and Employee Count by Years of Service

Employee Distribution by Region

A map of Colorado divided by county. 51% of state employees work in the Denver Metro area

Benefits Enrollment Plans by Tier

Plan Individual Employee Employee + Spouse Employee + Children Employee + Family Total
KP - COPAY PLUS
 4,438 984 1,923 1,299 8,644
KP - COPAY BASIC
 805 226 283 294 1,608
KP - COPAY HDHP
 888 166 291 439 1,784
KP - Subtotal
 6,131 1,376 2,497 2,032 12,036
Cigna - COPAY PLUS
 3,354 1,132 1,278 1,229 6,993
Cigna - COPAY BASIC
 2,431 781 918 1,588 5,718
Cigna - HDHP
 3,480 865 854 1,229 6,428
Cigna - Subtotal
 9,265 2,778 3,050 4,046 19,139
Cigna - Total Active
 15,396 4,154 5,547 6,078 31,175

 

NOTES:

  • All figures are based on statewide employee workforce data.
  • 0.1% of invalid Age Distribution data is not displayed.
  • 1.3% of invalid Employee Distribution by Region data is not displayed.
  • 0.1% of invalid Gender Distribution data is not displayed.
  • Benefits Enrollment data is based on active employees and does not include COBRA enrollment data.

Please note: The information provided is a snapshot on the last day of the month indicated. Many of these numbers change every day as employees are hired, separate, and change their benefits enrollment, so the reports on this page provide estimates for the month. The information provided excludes non-classified higher education institutions, as individual data for those employees is not provided to the HR Analytics Unit. Please also note the month the data represents, as the table and the links may account for different time periods, due to processing time for data sources.