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 |
482.4 |
484.1 |
486.6 |
492.8 |
496.9 |
498.9 |
499.4 |
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|
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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 |
25.1 |
25.0 |
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|
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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 |
27.0 |
26.8 |
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|
|
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 |
89.8 |
90.2 |
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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 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
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|
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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 |
49.6 |
50.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
62.8 |
63.2 |
63.5 |
65.6 |
65.8 |
65.7 |
66.4 |
|
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|
|
|
|
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 |
89.2 |
89.3 |
|
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|
|
|
|
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 |
59.5 |
60.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
19.9 |
19.9 |
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|
|
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|
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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 |
69.6 |
68.1 |
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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 |
504,797 |
506,192 |
509,066 |
508,408 |
504,293 |
510,556 |
512,012 |
509,708 |
503,791 |
504,765 |
504,019 |
504,473 |
506,840 |
2025 |
506,311 |
504,695 |
509,442 |
510,887 |
507,969 |
511,753 |
516,203 |
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|
|
|
|
Employment |
|
2024 |
484,505 |
485,920 |
489,510 |
490,748 |
487,036 |
489,702 |
490,627 |
488,878 |
486,833 |
487,681 |
488,042 |
488,606 |
488,174 |
2025 |
486,169 |
483,898 |
488,436 |
490,818 |
488,595 |
488,797 |
491,908 |
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|
|
|
|
Unemployment |
|
2024 |
20,292 |
20,272 |
19,556 |
17,660 |
17,257 |
20,854 |
21,385 |
20,830 |
16,958 |
17,084 |
15,977 |
15,867 |
18,666 |
2025 |
20,142 |
20,797 |
21,006 |
20,069 |
19,374 |
22,956 |
24,295 |
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Unemployment Rate |
|
2024 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
3.7 |
2025 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
4.5 |
4.7 |
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United States Department of Labor
