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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
2022	69.5	70.5	71.1	71.9	71.7	71.4	70.2	69.7	70.8	71.3	71.5	71.4	70.9
2023	70.4	(p)70.8
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2022	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
2023	2.6	(p)2.6
Manufacturing
2022	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3
2023	5.5	(p)5.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.6	13.3	13.2	13.5	13.6	14.0	14.1	13.7
2023	13.6	(p)13.5
Information
2022	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
2023	0.5	(p)0.5
Financial Activities
2022	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.2
2023	2.3	(p)2.4
Professional & Business Services
2022	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.3	6.3	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.4
2023	6.4	(p)6.3
Educational & Health Services
2022	10.4	10.5	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.7
2023	10.9	(p)11.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	7.0	7.2	7.4	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.3	7.4	7.3	7.1	6.9	7.3
2023	6.9	(p)6.8
Other Services
2022	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7
2023	2.6	(p)2.6
Government
2022	18.9	19.4	19.5	19.6	19.5	19.4	19.0	18.8	19.3	19.4	19.4	19.4	19.3
2023	19.1	(p)19.5
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
2022	82,705	82,018	82,128	81,725	81,112	81,408	81,366	81,010	80,304	80,853	80,884	(p)80,565
2023	(p)80,374
Employment
2022	77,887	77,779	77,808	77,570	77,065	76,513	76,793	76,388	76,765	76,958	77,118	(p)76,870
2023	(p)76,220
Unemployment
2022	4,818	4,239	4,320	4,155	4,047	4,895	4,573	4,622	3,539	3,895	3,766	(p)3,695
2023	(p)4,154
Unemployment Rate
2022	5.8	5.2	5.3	5.1	5.0	6.0	5.6	5.7	4.4	4.8	4.7	(p)4.6
2023	(p)5.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Dover, Del. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Kent County in Delaware.