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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
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 (p)495.7            

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 (p)24.3            

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 (p)28.1            

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 (p)89.4            

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 (p)3.5            

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 (p)51.4            

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 (p)66.3            

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 (p)84.4            

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 (p)59.4            

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 (p)19.6            

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 (p)69.3            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

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 (p)508,076            

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 (p)483,689            

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 (p)24,387            

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 (p)4.8            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary