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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
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2024	476.0	478.6	484.4	488.8	491.5	493.4	493.7	493.3	492.7	489.8	492.4	491.3	488.8
2025	482.4	484.1	486.6	492.8	496.9	(p)499.1
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2024	23.3	23.5	24.2	24.4	24.3	24.5	24.5	24.6	24.5	25.0	24.8	24.4	24.3
2025	23.8	24.0	24.1	24.6	25.4	(p)25.0
Manufacturing
2024	26.5	26.5	26.5	26.6	26.7	26.9	26.9	26.8	26.6	26.6	26.7	26.7	26.7
2025	26.6	26.6	26.5	26.6	26.5	(p)27.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	90.4	89.1	89.4	89.2	89.6	89.4	89.1	89.0	89.5	89.4	91.8	93.6	90.0
2025	90.4	89.4	89.8	89.9	89.8	(p)89.8
Information
2024	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.5
2025	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	(p)3.5
Financial Activities
2024	49.5	49.4	49.5	49.4	49.2	49.4	50.1	49.9	49.5	48.8	49.0	48.8	49.4
2025	49.0	49.0	48.8	49.2	49.4	(p)49.5
Professional & Business Services
2024	62.9	63.2	63.9	65.4	65.4	65.3	66.3	67.0	66.2	64.7	64.8	63.7	64.9
2025	62.8	63.2	63.5	65.6	65.8	(p)65.6
Educational & Health Services
2024	84.9	85.6	86.3	86.5	86.7	86.3	86.7	87.4	87.6	88.1	89.0	88.9	87.0
2025	88.0	88.9	89.5	89.7	89.9	(p)89.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	48.3	48.6	50.4	52.4	55.5	58.8	59.4	58.7	55.0	52.1	50.4	49.8	53.3
2025	48.5	48.3	49.0	51.5	55.0	(p)59.2
Other Services
2024	18.9	19.2	19.3	19.8	19.7	19.8	19.7	19.8	19.5	19.6	19.8	19.6	19.6
2025	19.3	19.5	19.3	19.6	19.6	(p)19.9
Government
2024	67.8	70.0	71.4	71.6	70.9	69.5	67.5	66.6	70.8	72.0	72.5	72.3	70.2
2025	70.6	71.8	72.6	72.6	71.9	(p)70.4
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
2024	(r)504,797	(r)506,192	(r)509,066	(r)508,408	(r)504,293	(r)510,556	(r)512,012	(r)509,708	(r)503,791	(r)504,765	(r)504,019	(r)504,473	(r)506,840
2025	506,311	504,695	509,442	510,887	507,969	(p)511,801
Employment
2024	(r)484,505	(r)485,920	(r)489,510	(r)490,748	(r)487,036	(r)489,702	(r)490,627	(r)488,878	(r)486,833	(r)487,681	(r)488,042	(r)488,606	(r)488,174
2025	486,169	483,898	488,436	490,818	488,595	(p)488,830
Unemployment
2024	(r)20,292	(r)20,272	(r)19,556	(r)17,660	(r)17,257	(r)20,854	(r)21,385	(r)20,830	(r)16,958	(r)17,084	(r)15,977	(r)15,867	(r)18,666
2025	20,142	20,797	21,006	20,069	19,374	(p)22,971
Unemployment Rate
2024	(r)4.0	(r)4.0	(r)3.8	(r)3.5	(r)3.4	(r)4.1	(r)4.2	(r)4.1	(r)3.4	(r)3.4	(r)3.2	(r)3.1	(r)3.7
2025	4.0	4.1	4.1	3.9	3.8	(p)4.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised