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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
2024	486.4	486.4	489.1	488.9	489.1	488.6	489.0	490.3	491.3	488.0	490.4	490.8
2025	491.2	492.6	493.0	494.1	493.5	(p)492.8
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2024	24.1	24.1	24.4	24.1	24.1	24.2	24.1	24.3	24.3	24.8	24.4	24.5
2025	24.6	24.9	24.6	24.7	25.1	(p)24.8
Manufacturing
2024	26.6	26.6	26.6	26.6	26.7	26.8	26.8	26.7	26.6	26.6	26.7	26.8
2025	26.7	26.9	26.7	26.6	26.6	(p)26.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	90.6	90.3	90.7	90.3	90.2	89.8	89.5	89.6	89.9	89.8	90.2	90.3
2025	90.7	90.3	90.8	90.9	90.3	(p)89.7
Financial Activities
2024	49.6	49.6	49.7	49.6	49.5	49.3	49.6	49.5	49.7	48.9	49.2	48.7
2025	48.9	49.0	48.9	49.3	49.4	(p)49.3
Professional & Business Services
2024	64.5	64.2	64.6	65.0	65.2	65.0	65.3	65.9	65.8	63.8	64.2	64.4
2025	63.9	64.4	64.7	65.3	65.3	(p)64.8
Educational & Health Services
2024	85.5	85.9	86.2	86.3	86.3	86.4	87.2	87.9	87.9	87.5	88.5	88.2
2025	88.3	89.0	89.5	89.6	89.6	(p)89.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	53.4	53.1	53.7	53.8	53.7	53.8	53.4	53.2	53.3	52.7	53.0	53.8
2025	53.9	53.8	53.3	53.4	53.3	(p)53.1
Other Services
2024	19.2	19.4	19.5	19.6	19.6	19.6	19.5	19.6	19.5	19.7	19.8	19.7
2025	19.4	19.6	19.5	19.5	19.4	(p)19.6
Government
2024	69.4	69.7	70.1	70.1	70.3	70.2	70.2	70.2	70.8	70.7	70.8	70.9
2025	71.4	71.2	71.4	71.3	71.0	(p)71.7
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
2024	(r)507,101	(r)506,771	(r)506,688	(r)506,844	(r)507,172	(r)507,477	(r)507,551	(r)507,397	(r)507,109	(r)506,776	(r)506,635	(r)506,633
2025	506,745	506,508	506,641	507,336	508,123	(p)508,604
Employment
2024	(r)488,050	(r)487,906	(r)487,845	(r)487,899	(r)488,116	(r)488,403	(r)488,599	(r)488,681	(r)488,660	(r)488,524	(r)488,397	(r)488,355
2025	488,476	488,017	487,691	487,737	488,023	(p)488,069
Unemployment
2024	(r)19,051	(r)18,865	(r)18,843	(r)18,945	(r)19,056	(r)19,074	(r)18,952	(r)18,716	(r)18,449	(r)18,252	(r)18,238	(r)18,278
2025	18,269	18,491	18,950	19,599	20,100	(p)20,535
Unemployment Rate
2024	(r)3.8	(r)3.7	(r)3.7	(r)3.7	(r)3.8	(r)3.8	(r)3.7	(r)3.7	(r)3.6	(r)3.6	(r)3.6	(r)3.6
2025	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.9	4.0	(p)4.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised