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Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J. Metropolitan Division
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2022	357.2	361.2	363.9	368.3	367.8	367.3	368.1	368.1	370.7	374.8	374.5	374.0	368.0
2023	(p)366.1
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2022	16.4	16.6	16.9	17.8	17.3	17.5	17.7	17.8	17.7	18.4	17.9	18.0	17.5
2023	(p)17.7
Manufacturing
2022	16.3	16.3	16.4	16.4	16.5	16.7	16.9	17.1	17.0	17.2	17.2	17.3	16.8
2023	(p)17.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	74.1	74.5	75.1	75.8	75.8	76.1	76.9	77.1	77.6	78.5	79.6	81.3	76.9
2023	(p)77.8
Information
2022	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8
2023	(p)2.7
Financial Activities
2022	43.2	43.2	43.2	43.5	43.3	43.5	44.0	44.1	44.1	44.4	45.0	45.2	43.9
2023	(p)44.4
Professional & Business Services
2022	51.1	51.6	51.9	52.7	52.5	51.9	53.1	52.8	52.7	52.7	52.2	50.6	52.2
2023	(p)49.8
Educational & Health Services
2022	61.2	61.9	62.1	62.5	62.4	62.1	61.5	61.7	62.0	62.8	62.9	62.0	62.1
2023	(p)61.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	29.8	30.5	31.4	32.2	33.2	34.1	34.0	34.1	33.1	33.0	31.3	30.9	32.3
2023	(p)30.3
Other Services
2022	13.7	13.9	14.0	14.2	14.1	14.2	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.2	14.2	14.1	14.1
2023	(p)14.2
Government
2022	48.6	49.9	50.2	50.4	49.9	48.4	47.1	46.6	49.7	50.9	51.5	51.9	49.6
2023	(p)50.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J. Metropolitan Division
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2022	(1)389,315	(1)388,511	388,556	387,244	386,357	386,258	388,232	387,309	385,722	389,500	386,248	(p)386,674
2023	(p)390,893
Employment
2022	(1)369,776	(1)370,708	371,061	371,237	370,371	367,425	370,421	369,581	371,530	374,071	371,426	(p)372,221
2023	(p)373,690
Unemployment
2022	(1)19,539	(1)17,803	17,495	16,007	15,986	18,833	17,811	17,728	14,192	15,429	14,822	(p)14,453
2023	(p)17,203
Unemployment Rate
2022	(1)5.0	(1)4.6	4.5	4.1	4.1	4.9	4.6	4.6	3.7	4.0	3.8	(p)3.7
2023	(p)4.4
Footnotes (1) Corrected. (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Cecil County, Md.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2022	(1)51,997	(1)52,282	52,639	52,153	52,539	53,609	53,804	53,462	52,789	53,265	52,283	(p)52,884
2023	(p)53,631
Employment
2022	(1)49,699	(1)49,944	50,386	50,467	50,613	50,944	51,455	51,039	50,815	51,097	50,408	(p)51,174
2023	(p)51,891
Unemployment
2022	(1)2,298	(1)2,338	2,253	1,686	1,926	2,665	2,349	2,423	1,974	2,168	1,875	(p)1,710
2023	(p)1,740
Unemployment Rate
2022	(1)4.4	(1)4.5	4.3	3.2	3.7	5.0	4.4	4.5	3.7	4.1	3.6	(p)3.2
2023	(p)3.2
Footnotes (1) Corrected. (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Salem County, N.J.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2022	29,716	29,425	29,339	29,370	29,736	29,235	29,733	30,434	30,040	30,722	29,783	(p)29,644
2023	(p)30,928
Employment
2022	27,873	27,775	27,830	28,094	28,465	27,854	28,261	28,957	28,969	29,594	28,609	(p)28,365
2023	(p)29,273
Unemployment
2022	1,843	1,650	1,509	1,276	1,271	1,381	1,472	1,477	1,071	1,128	1,174	(p)1,279
2023	(p)1,655
Unemployment Rate
2022	6.2	5.6	5.1	4.3	4.3	4.7	5.0	4.9	3.6	3.7	3.9	(p)4.3
2023	(p)5.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J Metropolitan Division (MD) includes New Castle County in Delaware; Cecil County in Maryland; and Salem County in New Jersey.