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Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Delaware
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2025	495.7	495.7	495.3	496.3	497.1	496.4	496.2	496.0	494.5	492.8	492.7	494.8
2026	495.4	495.0	495.3	(p)494.5
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2025	24.3	24.3	24.4	24.4	24.6	24.9	24.7	24.7	24.7	24.5	24.1	24.8
2026	25.0	23.9	24.9	(p)25.1
Manufacturing
2025	26.6	26.6	26.8	26.8	26.9	26.9	27.0	26.8	26.7	26.4	26.2	26.5
2026	26.3	26.2	26.1	(p)25.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	90.5	91.0	90.6	90.7	90.4	90.6	90.5	90.2	90.1	90.1	90.2	89.8
2026	90.5	89.7	89.6	(p)90.1
Financial Activities
2025	49.7	49.8	49.6	49.7	49.6	49.4	49.1	49.1	49.0	49.0	49.0	49.4
2026	49.0	49.2	49.4	(p)48.9
Professional & Business Services
2025	64.6	64.6	64.6	64.7	64.8	64.8	64.9	64.5	64.6	64.3	64.6	65.1
2026	64.7	65.0	65.6	(p)65.4
Educational & Health Services
2025	91.4	91.8	91.6	91.9	92.4	92.3	92.1	92.5	92.0	92.5	92.4	92.9
2026	93.5	94.0	93.2	(p)93.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	53.2	53.0	52.8	53.1	53.2	52.5	52.6	52.5	52.0	51.5	51.5	51.7
2026	51.4	51.6	51.6	(p)51.7
Other Services
2025	19.7	19.6	19.7	19.6	19.5	19.5	19.4	19.4	19.5	19.4	19.7	19.7
2026	19.9	20.0	20.1	(p)19.7
Government
2025	72.2	71.5	71.7	71.9	72.2	72.0	72.4	72.8	72.5	71.6	71.6	71.5
2026	71.7	72.0	71.5	(p)71.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	Delaware
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2025	(r)513,593	(r)514,112	(r)514,548	(r)514,928	(r)515,273	(r)515,621	(r)516,023	(r)516,415	(r)516,798	(1)-	(r)517,116	(r)517,069
2026	516,219	514,723	513,262	(p)511,661
Employment
2025	(r)492,313	(r)492,234	(r)492,138	(r)491,999	(r)491,833	(r)491,619	(r)491,226	(r)490,657	(r)490,077	(1)-	(r)489,510	(r)489,559
2026	488,290	486,779	485,710	(p)484,589
Unemployment
2025	(r)21,280	(r)21,878	(r)22,410	(r)22,929	(r)23,440	(r)24,002	(r)24,797	(r)25,758	(r)26,721	(1)-	(r)27,606	(r)27,510
2026	27,929	27,944	27,552	(p)27,072
Unemployment Rate
2025	(r)4.1	(r)4.3	(r)4.4	(r)4.5	(r)4.5	(r)4.7	(r)4.8	(r)5.0	(r)5.2	(1)-	(r)5.3	(r)5.3
2026	5.4	5.4	5.4	(p)5.3
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised