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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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2023

71.3 72.1 72.8 72.6 73.0 72.8 71.7 71.5 72.9 73.4 73.2 73.5 72.6

2024

71.8 72.5 73.1 73.6 74.1 74.1 74.1 73.3 (p)74.1        

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2023

2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7

2024

2.6 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 (p)2.9        

Manufacturing

2023

5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1

2024

5.1 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 (p)5.0        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2023

14.3 14.3 14.4 14.0 14.3 14.1 13.8 13.8 14.1 14.2 14.5 14.8 14.2

2024

14.1 14.2 14.2 14.2 14.4 14.1 14.1 14.0 (p)14.1        

Information

2023

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

2024

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 (p)0.4        

Financial Activities

2023

2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4

2024

2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 (p)2.4        

Professional & Business Services

2023

6.6 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.6 6.3 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.5

2024

6.1 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.6 6.6 6.6 (p)6.4        

Educational & Health Services

2023

10.9 11.0 11.2 11.2 11.2 11.2 11.0 11.1 11.3 11.4 11.4 11.5 11.2

2024

11.4 11.4 11.4 11.5 11.5 11.4 11.4 11.4 (p)11.6        

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

7.1 7.2 7.4 7.5 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.5

2024

7.2 7.3 7.3 7.5 7.8 8.1 8.2 8.0 (p)8.2        

Other Services

2023

2.7 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7

2024

2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.8 (p)2.7        

Government

2023

19.3 19.7 19.9 19.9 19.7 19.8 19.4 19.4 20.0 20.3 20.2 20.4 19.8

2024

19.8 20.4 20.7 20.6 20.5 20.4 20.2 19.7 (p)20.4        

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

2023

81,163 81,538 82,331 81,641 80,761 81,030 80,662 81,134 81,193 81,784 81,903 81,799 81,412

2024

81,214 82,069 81,899 81,860 80,593 81,461 81,578 81,333 (p)80,755        

Employment

2023

77,351 77,676 78,620 78,302 77,443 76,974 76,688 76,964 77,670 78,095 78,613 78,460 77,738

2024

77,477 78,438 78,198 78,438 77,015 77,011 76,942 76,742 (p)77,627        

Unemployment

2023

3,812 3,862 3,711 3,339 3,318 4,056 3,974 4,170 3,523 3,689 3,290 3,339 3,674

2024

3,737 3,631 3,701 3,422 3,578 4,450 4,636 4,591 (p)3,128        

Unemployment Rate

2023

4.7 4.7 4.5 4.1 4.1 5.0 4.9 5.1 4.3 4.5 4.0 4.1 4.5

2024

4.6 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.4 5.5 5.7 5.6 (p)3.9        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Dover, Del. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Kent County in Delaware.