Of the other sectors that experienced increases are oil and gas extraction at 10.4 percent, chemicals at 5.7 percent, and rubber and plastics at 1.8 percent. Among the sectors that faced losses are printing and publishing at minus 9 percent, paper products at minus 7.2 percent, furniture and fixtures at minus 6.1 percent, lumber and wood at minus 5.8 percent, and textiles and apparel at minus 5.2 percent.

Northeast Colorado employs 132,334 of Colorado’s industrial jobs, a 1.3 percent increase from last year, MNI finds, while Northwest Colorado has 59,528, up 0.5 percent from 2012. Meanwhile, Southwest Colorado accounts for 7,223 industrial jobs, representing no significant change, and Southeast Colorado employs 6,542 jobs, up 6.3 percent for the highest increase of the regions.

Denver ranks as Colorado’s top city for manufacturing employment with 40,069 jobs, down 1.1 percent over the past year, and Colorado Springs comes in second with 17,762 jobs, down 4.3 percent from 2012. Englewood accounts for 13,572 industrial jobs, representing no major change, and Boulder employs 11,306 jobs, up 2.6 percent. Littleton ranks fifth with 9,489 industrial jobs, up 2.1 percent in the last year.