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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

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

(p)481.3                        

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

(p)23.9                        

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

(p)26.6                        

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

(p)90.4                        

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

(p)3.4                        

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

(p)49.0                        

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

(p)62.5                        

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

(p)88.0                        

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

(p)48.5                        

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

(p)19.3                        

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

(p)69.7                        

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

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

(p)506,104                        

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

(p)486,010                        

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

(p)20,094                        

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

(p)4.0                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised