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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
2025	72.8	72.8	73.3	74.0	74.1	73.8	72.6	72.0	73.1	73.1	73.2	73.3	73.2
2026	72.4	72.4	72.6	(p)73.2
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2025	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.7
2026	2.6	2.5	2.6	(p)2.7
Manufacturing
2025	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3
2026	4.2	4.2	4.2	(p)4.2
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	13.4	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.4	12.9	12.7	12.9	13.0	13.3	13.5	13.2
2026	13.2	13.0	12.9	(p)13.1
Information
2025	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
2026	0.3	0.3	0.3	(p)0.3
Financial Activities
2025	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.7
2026	2.7	2.8	2.8	(p)2.7
Professional & Business Services
2025	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.4	6.3	6.5	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.5
2026	6.3	6.3	6.4	(p)6.6
Educational & Health Services
2025	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.4	12.1	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.5	12.4	12.5	12.3
2026	12.4	12.4	12.4	(p)12.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	7.5	7.6	7.5	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.6	7.7	7.4	7.3	7.1	7.0	7.5
2026	6.8	6.9	6.9	(p)7.1
Other Services
2025	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.7	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7
2026	2.7	2.7	2.7	(p)2.7
Government
2025	20.9	21.0	21.3	21.4	21.2	21.1	20.8	20.4	21.3	21.2	21.3	21.2	21.1
2026	21.2	21.3	21.4	(p)21.4
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
2025	(1)86,396	(1)86,133	(1)86,603	(1)86,362	(1)85,121	(1)85,328	(1)85,079	(1)84,594	(1)84,982	(2)-	(1)85,913	(1)86,011	(1)(3)85,684
2026	85,432	84,791	(p)85,364
Employment
2025	(1)82,315	(1)81,949	(1)82,365	(1)82,449	(1)81,210	(1)80,788	(1)80,038	(1)79,342	(1)80,260	(2)-	(1)80,867	(1)81,090	(1)(3)81,152
2026	80,315	79,727	(p)80,573
Unemployment
2025	(1)4,081	(1)4,184	(1)4,238	(1)3,913	(1)3,911	(1)4,540	(1)5,041	(1)5,252	(1)4,722	(2)-	(1)5,046	(1)4,921	(1)(3)4,532
2026	5,117	5,064	(p)4,791
Unemployment Rate
2025	(1)4.7	(1)4.9	(1)4.9	(1)4.5	(1)4.6	(1)5.3	(1)5.9	(1)6.2	(1)5.6	(2)-	(1)5.9	(1)5.7	(1)(3)5.3
2026	6.0	6.0	(p)5.6
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary
The Dover, Del. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Kent County in Delaware.