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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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Nonfarm

2022

465.9 469.1 469.2 471.4 470.1 471.3 472.1 473.7 474.9 476.6 477.0 477.0

2023

478.9 (p)479.9                    

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2022

23.4 23.5 23.4 23.7 23.2 23.4 23.4 23.4 23.5 23.8 23.9 24.0

2023

24.1 (p)24.1                    

Manufacturing

2022

25.4 25.9 25.9 26.1 26.0 26.1 26.1 26.3 26.4 26.4 26.3 26.4

2023

26.7 (p)27.0                    

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2022

87.6 88.4 88.7 89.0 89.2 89.1 89.9 90.1 90.2 91.0 90.9 90.7

2023

90.7 (p)90.5                    

Financial Activities

2022

48.0 48.0 47.9 48.2 48.1 48.2 48.7 49.2 49.2 49.6 49.7 50.2

2023

50.0 (p)49.9                    

Professional & Business Services

2022

64.8 65.2 65.2 65.7 65.6 65.5 66.3 66.7 67.4 66.5 67.1 66.1

2023

66.8 (p)67.0                    

Educational & Health Services

2022

79.0 79.0 78.9 79.5 79.4 79.5 79.0 79.2 79.3 79.2 79.6 79.2

2023

79.3 (p)79.4                    

Leisure & Hospitality

2022

48.9 49.7 50.0 49.8 49.1 49.1 49.1 49.3 49.2 50.3 49.6 50.3

2023

51.2 (p)51.8                    

Other Services

2022

18.3 18.6 18.6 18.7 18.7 18.6 18.5 18.5 18.6 19.0 19.1 18.8

2023

18.8 (p)18.6                    

Government

2022

66.7 67.0 66.8 66.9 67.0 68.0 67.3 67.2 67.4 67.1 67.1 67.6

2023

67.7 (p)68.0                    

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

2022

(r)496,669 (r)497,596 (r)498,091 (r)498,094 (r)497,820 (r)497,283 (r)496,549 (r)495,780 (r)495,533 (r)495,393 (r)495,372 (r)495,435

2023

496,001 (p)495,915                    

Employment

2022

(r)473,600 (r)475,249 (r)476,238 (r)476,549 (r)476,324 (r)475,707 (r)474,740 (r)473,684 (r)472,839 (r)472,299 (r)472,262 (r)472,405

2023

473,096 (p)473,306                    

Unemployment

2022

(r)23,069 (r)22,347 (r)21,853 (r)21,545 (r)21,496 (r)21,576 (r)21,809 (r)22,096 (r)22,694 (r)23,094 (r)23,110 (r)23,030

2023

22,905 (p)22,609                    

Unemployment Rate

2022

(r)4.6 (r)4.5 (r)4.4 (r)4.3 (r)4.3 (r)4.3 (r)4.4 (r)4.5 (r)4.6 (r)4.7 (r)4.7 (r)4.6

2023

4.6 (p)4.6                    

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised