Lakewood, Colorado, United States

🇺🇸 The City of Lakewood is the home rule municipality that is the most populous municipality in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Lakewood is the fifth-most populous city in Colorado and the 172nd-most populous city in the United States. Lakewood, immediately west of Denver, is one of the principal cities of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor.

Lakewood's economy is diverse, while the largest employers are government. Companies based in Lakewood include Einstein Bros. Bagels, FirstBank, and The Integer Group. The occupational composition of the employed civilian labour force was 38.6% in management, business, science, and arts; 25.9% in sales and office occupations; 16.9% in service occupations; 9.9% in production, transportation, and material moving; and 8.7% in natural resources, construction, and maintenance. The three industries employing the largest percentages of the working civilian labour force were educational services, health care, and social assistance (18.4%); professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services (13.8%); and retail trade (11.9%).

Among the top employers in the city include: Denver Federal Center; Jefferson County Public Schools; Terumo BCT; St. Anthony Hospital; First Bank; State of Colorado; HomeAdvisor; City of Lakewood; The Integer Group; Colorado Christian University.