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Construction activity across Colorado continues to drive demand for workers, many of whom reportedly left the trade during the Great Recession a decade ago. Some may be back, as the state's construction industry added roughly 9,900 net jobs from January 2017 to January 2018, a 7.3 percent increase that trailed only logging and mining (17 percent growth) and state government (9.4 percent). Meanwhile, Colorado's leisure and hospitality supersector led all categories in net job growth over the same span, adding approximately 11,100 workers for a 3.6 percent increase.

Professional and business services posted similar net gains, adding 9,100 jobs across the state for a 2.5 percent increase. That supersector...

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