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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

2022

454.8 460.3 463.8 471.5 472.3 475.1 477.7 476.5 475.7 479.7 479.7 478.3 472.1

2023

(p)469.4                        

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2022

22.4 22.8 23.1 23.9 23.4 23.7 24.0 23.9 23.7 24.1 24.1 23.8 23.6

2023

(p)23.2                        

Manufacturing

2022

25.4 25.8 25.8 26.0 25.8 26.1 26.2 26.5 26.4 26.3 26.4 26.2 26.1

2023

(p)26.5                        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2022

86.6 86.8 87.1 88.0 88.5 88.6 90.0 89.8 90.3 91.2 92.8 94.2 89.5

2023

(p)90.6                        

Information

2022

3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8

2023

(p)3.6                        

Financial Activities

2022

47.8 47.8 47.7 48.2 48.0 48.5 49.1 49.4 49.1 49.7 49.7 50.1 48.8

2023

(p)50.0                        

Professional & Business Services

2022

63.3 64.1 64.5 66.3 66.0 65.5 67.0 67.1 66.8 67.5 67.4 66.2 66.0

2023

(p)65.7                        

Educational & Health Services

2022

78.2 78.9 79.1 79.7 79.7 79.2 78.3 78.6 78.9 79.9 80.4 79.5 79.2

2023

(p)78.5                        

Leisure & Hospitality

2022

43.8 44.8 46.5 48.5 50.7 54.5 55.0 54.5 50.8 49.9 47.6 46.9 49.5

2023

(p)45.9                        

Other Services

2022

18.1 18.4 18.4 18.8 18.7 18.8 18.7 18.7 18.5 19.1 18.8 18.5 18.6

2023

(p)18.7                        

Government

2022

65.5 67.2 67.9 68.3 67.7 66.4 65.5 64.2 67.5 68.3 68.8 69.2 67.2

2023

(p)66.7                        

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

2022

(r)497,250 (r)497,407 (r)499,906 (r)497,424 (r)494,975 (r)499,392 (r)499,329 (r)498,447 (r)491,742 (r)495,808 (r)493,999 (r)494,576 (r)496,688

2023

(p)497,790                        

Employment

2022

(r)471,296 (r)473,326 (r)477,241 (r)476,712 (r)474,798 (r)475,521 (r)476,280 (r)474,319 (r)471,028 (r)473,477 (r)473,125 (r)473,976 (r)474,258

2023

(p)474,258                        

Unemployment

2022

(r)25,954 (r)24,081 (r)22,665 (r)20,712 (r)20,177 (r)23,871 (r)23,049 (r)24,128 (r)20,714 (r)22,331 (r)20,874 (r)20,600 (r)22,430

2023

(p)23,532                        

Unemployment Rate

2022

(r)5.2 (r)4.8 (r)4.5 (r)4.2 (r)4.1 (r)4.8 (r)4.6 (r)4.8 (r)4.2 (r)4.5 (r)4.2 (r)4.2 (r)4.5

2023

(p)4.7                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised