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Dover Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Dec 2024
Dover, DE: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2024

Dover, DE Economy at a Glance:

Dover, DE

Data Series	Back Data	May 2024	June 2024	July 2024	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		80.6	81.5	81.6	81.3	81.0	(p)81.1
Employment(1)		77.0	77.0	76.9	76.7	77.8	(p)78.0
Unemployment(1)		3.6	4.5	4.6	4.6	3.1	(p)3.1
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.4	5.5	5.7	5.6	3.9	(p)3.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		74.1	74.1	74.1	73.3	74.4	(p)74.4
12-month % change		1.5	1.8	3.3	2.5	2.1	(p)1.4
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	(p)3.0
12-month % change		3.7	7.4	3.6	3.6	3.6	(p)7.1
Manufacturing(3)		5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	(p)5.0
12-month % change		2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-2.0	(p)-2.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		14.4	14.1	14.1	14.0	14.1	(p)14.0
12-month % change		0.7	0.0	2.2	1.4	0.0	(p)-1.4
Information(3)		0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	(p)0.4
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	(p)2.4
12-month % change		0.0	4.3	0.0	4.3	4.3	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		6.4	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.4	(p)6.4
12-month % change		-5.9	0.0	4.8	6.5	1.6	(p)0.0
Education and Health Services(3)		11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	(p)11.6
12-month % change		2.7	1.8	3.6	2.7	1.8	(p)1.8
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		7.8	8.1	8.2	8.0	8.2	(p)7.9
12-month % change		1.3	3.8	6.5	5.3	5.1	(p)2.6
Other Services(3)		2.8	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.7	(p)2.7
12-month % change		0.0	-3.6	0.0	0.0	-3.6	(p)0.0
Government(3)		20.5	20.4	20.2	19.7	20.8	(p)21.0
12-month % change		4.1	3.0	4.1	1.5	4.0	(p)3.4
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