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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	366.1	370.1	373.4	377.3	379.8	379.1	376.0	(p)374.5
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	17.7	17.9	18.5	19.0	19.2	19.0	19.5	(p)19.8
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	17.5	17.7	17.8	17.8	17.9	17.9	18.0	(p)18.0
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	78.0	77.6	77.6	77.2	77.7	77.8	77.5	(p)76.8
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	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	(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	44.5	45.0	45.0	45.2	44.9	45.1	45.2	(p)44.8
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	49.8	50.5	51.9	53.6	53.5	52.9	51.3	(p)51.8
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	61.6	61.8	62.0	62.2	62.2	62.5	62.5	(p)61.8
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	30.4	31.2	31.6	33.1	35.4	37.2	37.1	(p)36.8
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	14.2	14.1	14.2	14.4	14.3	14.2	14.1	(p)14.0
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	49.7	51.6	52.1	52.1	52.0	49.8	48.1	(p)48.0
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	389,829	390,271	392,355	389,225	386,275	386,987	388,069	388,304	386,090	391,137	388,598	389,660	388,900
2023	390,776	391,073	395,890	395,043	394,537	394,652	395,509	(p)396,948
Employment
2022	370,380	372,136	375,653	374,191	371,182	369,072	370,695	370,634	371,120	375,120	373,764	375,161	372,426
2023	373,583	374,479	380,223	381,244	379,990	378,180	379,284	(p)379,284
Unemployment
2022	19,449	18,135	16,702	15,034	15,093	17,915	17,374	17,670	14,970	16,017	14,834	14,499	16,474
2023	17,193	16,594	15,667	13,799	14,547	16,472	16,225	(p)17,664
Unemployment Rate
2022	5.0	4.6	4.3	3.9	3.9	4.6	4.5	4.6	3.9	4.1	3.8	3.7	4.2
2023	4.4	4.2	4.0	3.5	3.7	4.2	4.1	(p)4.4
Footnotes (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	30,395	30,230	30,205	30,247	30,571	30,180	30,667	31,288	30,838	31,359	30,508	30,449	30,578
2023	30,938	31,183	31,253	31,198	31,521	31,498	31,554	(p)31,505
Employment
2022	28,271	28,340	28,616	28,936	29,259	28,833	29,255	30,037	29,777	30,232	29,310	29,175	29,170
2023	29,273	29,525	29,729	30,002	30,019	29,733	29,730	(p)29,557
Unemployment
2022	2,124	1,890	1,589	1,311	1,312	1,347	1,412	1,251	1,061	1,127	1,198	1,274	1,408
2023	1,665	1,658	1,524	1,196	1,502	1,765	1,824	(p)1,948
Unemployment Rate
2022	7.0	6.3	5.3	4.3	4.3	4.5	4.6	4.0	3.4	3.6	3.9	4.2	4.6
2023	5.4	5.3	4.9	3.8	4.8	5.6	5.8	(p)6.2
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.