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Dover, DE: 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	Dover, Del. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2024	72.1	72.6	73.3	73.9	73.9	73.5	73.5	73.5	73.9	73.8	74.2	74.1	73.5
2025	72.8	72.8	(p)73.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2024	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8
2025	2.7	2.7	(p)2.8
Manufacturing
2024	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.5
2025	4.4	4.4	(p)4.4
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	13.8	13.7	13.8	14.0	13.8	14.0	14.3	14.0
2025	13.7	13.5	(p)13.7
Information
2024	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
2025	0.3	0.3	(p)0.3
Financial Activities
2024	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3
2025	2.3	2.3	(p)2.3
Professional & Business Services
2024	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.8	6.8	6.6	7.1	7.3	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.7	6.8
2025	6.6	6.6	(p)6.6
Educational & Health Services
2024	11.5	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.9	11.8	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.9	12.0	11.7
2025	11.9	12.0	(p)12.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	7.5	7.6	7.9	8.1	8.2	8.2	8.1	8.2	8.0	7.8	7.7	7.6	7.9
2025	7.5	7.5	(p)7.5
Other Services
2024	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
2025	2.6	2.6	(p)2.6
Government
2024	19.8	20.4	20.6	20.7	20.5	20.5	20.2	19.7	20.7	20.9	21.1	21.0	20.5
2025	20.8	20.9	(p)21.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Dover, Del. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	(1)85,308	(1)85,771	(1)86,274	(1)86,103	(1)84,908	(1)85,097	(1)85,384	(1)85,000	(1)84,469	(1)85,074	(1)85,004	(1)85,208	(1)85,300
2025	85,779	85,313	(p)86,259
Employment
2024	(1)81,711	(1)82,152	(1)82,686	(1)82,908	(1)81,747	(1)81,143	(1)81,320	(1)80,983	(1)81,397	(1)81,996	(1)82,127	(1)82,302	(1)81,873
2025	82,148	81,567	(p)82,398
Unemployment
2024	(1)3,597	(1)3,619	(1)3,588	(1)3,195	(1)3,161	(1)3,954	(1)4,064	(1)4,017	(1)3,072	(1)3,078	(1)2,877	(1)2,906	(1)3,427
2025	3,631	3,746	(p)3,861
Unemployment Rate
2024	(1)4.2	(1)4.2	(1)4.2	(1)3.7	(1)3.7	(1)4.6	(1)4.8	(1)4.7	(1)3.6	(1)3.6	(1)3.4	(1)3.4	(1)4.0
2025	4.2	4.4	(p)4.5
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary
The Dover, Del. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Kent County in Delaware.