Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted
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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
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Delaware |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
|
2023 |
470.7 |
474.1 |
477.6 |
481.2 |
486.4 |
488.2 |
489.5 |
486.8 |
486.8 |
487.9 |
487.4 |
487.7 |
483.7 |
2024 |
476.3 |
479.5 |
482.2 |
488.0 |
492.8 |
495.6 |
495.7 |
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Mining, Logging, & Construction |
|
2023 |
23.1 |
23.4 |
23.6 |
24.3 |
24.4 |
24.0 |
24.3 |
24.2 |
24.1 |
24.1 |
24.2 |
23.5 |
23.9 |
2024 |
22.8 |
22.7 |
23.2 |
24.2 |
24.1 |
24.2 |
24.3 |
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Manufacturing |
|
2023 |
26.9 |
26.8 |
26.9 |
27.1 |
27.3 |
27.5 |
27.4 |
27.5 |
27.3 |
27.7 |
27.6 |
27.8 |
27.3 |
2024 |
27.8 |
27.5 |
27.6 |
27.9 |
27.9 |
27.7 |
28.1 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
|
2023 |
89.6 |
89.1 |
89.2 |
88.5 |
89.7 |
89.8 |
90.0 |
89.9 |
89.8 |
89.2 |
91.4 |
92.8 |
89.9 |
2024 |
89.0 |
88.6 |
88.5 |
88.3 |
88.9 |
89.2 |
89.4 |
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Information |
|
2023 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
2024 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
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Financial Activities |
|
2023 |
50.1 |
50.1 |
50.3 |
50.2 |
50.4 |
50.9 |
51.2 |
51.0 |
50.4 |
50.5 |
50.3 |
50.4 |
50.5 |
2024 |
50.6 |
50.7 |
50.6 |
50.6 |
51.2 |
51.2 |
51.4 |
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|
|
Professional & Business Services |
|
2023 |
64.2 |
64.6 |
64.7 |
65.3 |
65.6 |
65.7 |
65.8 |
64.7 |
64.4 |
65.7 |
64.7 |
63.2 |
64.9 |
2024 |
61.3 |
61.7 |
62.3 |
64.0 |
64.8 |
66.5 |
66.3 |
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Educational & Health Services |
|
2023 |
80.6 |
81.0 |
81.9 |
82.8 |
83.1 |
82.9 |
82.8 |
83.1 |
83.5 |
84.6 |
84.4 |
85.5 |
83.0 |
2024 |
84.7 |
85.0 |
85.4 |
85.5 |
85.5 |
84.9 |
84.4 |
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|
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Leisure & Hospitality |
|
2023 |
46.9 |
47.4 |
48.6 |
50.3 |
53.3 |
56.7 |
58.5 |
57.8 |
54.5 |
52.3 |
50.4 |
49.5 |
52.2 |
2024 |
48.1 |
48.6 |
49.3 |
51.9 |
54.7 |
58.5 |
59.4 |
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Other Services |
|
2023 |
18.5 |
18.6 |
18.5 |
19.0 |
19.0 |
19.1 |
19.3 |
19.3 |
18.9 |
18.8 |
18.8 |
19.0 |
18.9 |
2024 |
18.9 |
18.8 |
18.8 |
19.2 |
19.3 |
19.5 |
19.6 |
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Government |
|
2023 |
67.1 |
69.4 |
70.3 |
70.1 |
69.9 |
67.9 |
66.6 |
65.7 |
70.3 |
71.4 |
72.0 |
72.4 |
69.4 |
2024 |
69.6 |
72.4 |
73.0 |
72.9 |
72.8 |
70.4 |
69.3 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
|
Delaware |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Labor Force |
|
2023 |
499,613 |
501,342 |
505,827 |
505,353 |
503,525 |
508,599 |
511,051 |
511,912 |
505,933 |
508,388 |
508,839 |
507,966 |
506,529 |
2024 |
503,272 |
506,437 |
505,634 |
506,228 |
502,492 |
509,079 |
508,076 |
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Employment |
|
2023 |
478,007 |
479,843 |
485,279 |
487,259 |
485,006 |
487,284 |
490,300 |
489,610 |
486,161 |
488,071 |
490,713 |
489,318 |
486,404 |
2024 |
482,251 |
486,120 |
485,472 |
487,381 |
483,082 |
485,630 |
483,689 |
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Unemployment |
|
2023 |
21,606 |
21,499 |
20,548 |
18,094 |
18,519 |
21,315 |
20,751 |
22,302 |
19,772 |
20,317 |
18,126 |
18,648 |
20,125 |
2024 |
21,021 |
20,317 |
20,162 |
18,847 |
19,410 |
23,449 |
24,387 |
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Unemployment Rate |
|
2023 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.1 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
4.4 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
4.0 |
2024 |
4.2 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
3.7 |
3.9 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
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United States Department of Labor
