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Associated Press - July 28, 2009 2:04 PM ET
DENVER (AP) - New figures from the U.S. Department of Labor show Douglas County was the only large Colorado county to see employment growth from December 2007 to December 2008.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday that employment in 8 of the nine Colorado counties with the highest employment fell, but Douglas County had growth of 0.5%.
But wages in Douglas County fell 5.9% over the year, which was the largest drop among those counties.
County economic development director Meme (mee-mee) Dunckel Martin speculates that perhaps the job growth was related to retail and restaurants.
The bureau says wages increased 2.2% nationally in the time period, but El Paso, Larimer and Weld counties all topped that.
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