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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
2024	374.2	376.2	379.4	382.1	382.0	380.7	378.3	378.1	380.2	379.8	382.0	381.6	379.6
2025	373.5	375.8	377.1	381.5	384.3	383.1	(p)381.9
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2024	17.2	17.4	17.9	18.4	17.9	18.1	18.1	18.1	18.3	18.7	18.5	18.1	18.1
2025	17.6	17.9	17.8	18.3	19.0	18.7	(p)18.7
Manufacturing
2024	17.4	17.4	17.2	17.2	17.0	17.2	17.1	17.0	16.8	16.8	16.8	16.8	17.1
2025	16.9	16.7	16.7	16.7	16.7	16.9	(p)16.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	76.1	74.9	74.9	75.1	75.3	75.0	74.3	74.2	75.1	75.0	77.2	78.7	75.5
2025	76.2	75.3	75.4	75.3	75.4	75.5	(p)75.6
Information
2024	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7
2025	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.7	(p)2.7
Financial Activities
2024	45.0	45.0	45.1	44.9	44.6	44.9	44.7	44.4	44.0	43.4	43.7	43.6	44.4
2025	43.8	43.8	43.5	43.9	44.0	44.2	(p)44.6
Professional & Business Services
2024	51.1	51.3	51.6	52.5	52.3	52.1	52.2	52.6	52.0	51.3	51.4	50.8	51.8
2025	49.9	49.7	49.9	51.6	51.7	51.7	(p)52.2
Educational & Health Services
2024	66.4	67.0	67.5	67.5	67.7	67.2	67.7	68.0	68.4	68.8	69.2	69.2	67.9
2025	68.2	68.9	69.3	69.6	69.8	69.5	(p)69.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	33.8	34.1	35.2	36.0	37.4	37.7	38.1	37.7	36.4	35.1	33.8	33.2	35.7
2025	32.2	32.8	33.4	34.8	36.8	38.4	(p)38.7
Other Services
2024	14.2	14.4	14.5	14.8	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.6
2025	14.5	14.6	14.5	14.7	14.7	14.8	(p)14.7
Government
2024	50.3	52.0	52.8	53.0	52.5	51.2	48.8	48.7	51.8	53.2	53.8	53.7	51.8
2025	51.5	53.4	53.9	53.8	53.4	50.7	(p)48.5
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
2024	388,182	389,238	391,549	389,466	385,341	386,054	386,518	384,873	382,612	385,046	384,797	385,430	386,592
2025	385,476	385,510	388,858	389,202	386,002	386,294	(p)387,412
Employment
2024	372,734	373,708	376,711	376,130	372,030	369,810	369,423	368,160	369,021	371,376	371,941	372,898	371,995
2025	370,138	369,597	372,820	373,972	371,004	368,419	(p)368,411
Unemployment
2024	15,448	15,530	14,838	13,336	13,311	16,244	17,095	16,713	13,591	13,670	12,856	12,532	14,597
2025	15,338	15,913	16,038	15,230	14,998	17,875	(p)19,001
Unemployment Rate
2024	4.0	4.0	3.8	3.4	3.5	4.2	4.4	4.3	3.6	3.6	3.3	3.3	3.8
2025	4.0	4.1	4.1	3.9	3.9	4.6	(p)4.9
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
2024	30,253	30,450	30,469	30,659	30,448	30,520	31,005	30,961	30,523	30,374	30,215	30,104	30,499
2025	30,104	30,443	30,398	30,608	30,319	30,505	(p)30,759
Employment
2024	28,380	28,509	28,677	29,079	28,757	28,681	28,866	28,952	28,858	28,700	28,475	28,342	28,690
2025	28,097	28,374	28,400	28,749	28,508	28,498	(p)28,527
Unemployment
2024	1,873	1,941	1,792	1,580	1,691	1,839	2,139	2,009	1,665	1,674	1,740	1,762	1,809
2025	2,007	2,069	1,998	1,859	1,811	2,007	(p)2,232
Unemployment Rate
2024	6.2	6.4	5.9	5.2	5.6	6.0	6.9	6.5	5.5	5.5	5.8	5.9	5.9
2025	6.7	6.8	6.6	6.1	6.0	6.6	(p)7.3
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.