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Dover

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Dover Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Mar 2023
Dover, DE: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2023
Dover, DE Economy at a Glance:
Dover, DE
Data Series Back
Data
Sept
2022
Oct
2022
Nov
2022
Dec
2022
Jan
2023
Feb
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

80.3 80.9 80.9 (p)80.6 (p)80.4  

Employment(1)

76.8 77.0 77.1 (p)76.9 (p)76.2  

Unemployment(1)

3.5 3.9 3.8 (p)3.7 (p)4.2  

Unemployment Rate(2)

4.4 4.8 4.7 (p)4.6 (p)5.2  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

70.8 71.3 71.5 71.4 70.4 (p)70.8

12-month % change

2.2 0.6 0.1 -0.4 1.3 (p)0.4

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 (p)2.6

12-month % change

-3.6 -3.6 -3.6 -3.6 0.0 (p)0.0

Manufacturing(3)

5.3 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.5 (p)5.5

12-month % change

6.0 5.9 3.8 3.8 5.8 (p)3.8

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

13.5 13.6 14.0 14.1 13.6 (p)13.5

12-month % change

1.5 -2.2 -2.1 -3.4 -2.9 (p)-3.6

Information(3)

0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (p)0.5

12-month % change

25.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 (p)2.4

12-month % change

21.1 26.3 20.0 20.0 15.0 (p)14.3

Professional and Business Services(3)

6.5 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.4 (p)6.3

12-month % change

3.2 3.1 4.8 3.2 3.2 (p)1.6

Education and Health Services(3)

10.7 10.8 10.8 10.9 10.9 (p)11.1

12-month % change

0.9 0.0 0.0 0.9 4.8 (p)5.7

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

7.4 7.3 7.1 6.9 6.9 (p)6.8

12-month % change

5.7 1.4 -2.7 -5.5 -1.4 (p)-5.6

Other Services(3)

2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 (p)2.6

12-month % change

0.0 -3.7 -3.7 -3.7 -3.7 (p)-3.7

Government(3)

19.3 19.4 19.4 19.4 19.1 (p)19.5

12-month % change

-0.5 -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 1.1 (p)0.5

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary