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News Releases:
Feb
26
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Delaware — 2025

In 2025, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6, was 9.0 percent in Delaware.

Feb
19
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — December 2025

Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.1 percent in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Combined Statistical Area for the year ending in December 2025.

Feb
17
Employer-reported workplace injuries and illnesses in Delaware — 2024

Private industry employers reported 7,500 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in Delaware in 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Delaware Economy at a Glance:
Delaware
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Data		 July
2025		 Aug
2025		 Sept
2025		 Oct
2025		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 509.6 510.6 512.2 (2)- 515.0 (p)516.2

Employment(1)

 488.5 488.6 489.1 (2)- 489.6 (p)489.6

Unemployment(1)

 21.1 21.9 23.1 (2)- 25.4 (p)26.6

Unemployment Rate(3)

 4.1 4.3 4.5 (2)- 4.9 (p)5.2

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 493.0 493.6 493.9 493.3 494.3 (p)496.1

12-month % change

 0.8 0.7 0.5 1.1 0.8 (p)1.1

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 24.7 24.8 24.7 24.4 24.3 (p)24.7

12-month % change

 2.5 2.1 1.6 -1.6 -0.4 (p)0.8

Manufacturing(4)

 26.6 26.6 26.3 26.0 26.0 (p)26.2

12-month % change

 -0.7 -0.4 -1.1 -2.3 -2.6 (p)-2.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 90.2 90.2 90.3 90.8 90.6 (p)90.4

12-month % change

 0.8 0.7 0.4 1.1 0.4 (p)0.1

Information(4)

 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.5 (p)3.5

12-month % change

 2.9 2.9 0.0 2.9 -2.8 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(4)

 49.4 49.5 49.5 49.2 49.6 (p)49.7

12-month % change

 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0.6 0.8 (p)2.1

Professional & Business Services(4)

 65.6 65.4 65.5 65.2 65.4 (p)65.5

12-month % change

 0.5 -0.8 -0.5 2.2 1.9 (p)1.7

Education & Health Services(4)

 89.8 90.3 90.4 90.7 90.9 (p)91.3

12-month % change

 3.0 2.7 2.8 3.7 2.7 (p)3.5

Leisure & Hospitality(4)

 52.9 53.3 52.8 52.5 52.6 (p)53.2

12-month % change

 -0.9 0.2 -0.9 -0.4 -0.8 (p)-1.1

Other Services(4)

 19.7 19.9 20.0 20.3 20.4 (p)20.5

12-month % change

 1.0 1.5 2.6 3.0 3.0 (p)4.1

Government(4)

 70.6 70.1 70.9 70.6 71.0 (p)71.1

12-month % change

 0.6 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.3 (p)0.3

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(3) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary
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 Feb 2026
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ, Division Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Feb 2026
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Feb 2026
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2026
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2026
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2026
Dover, DE: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2026
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2026
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2026
Mid-Atlantic - Employment Cost Index Benefits, Pay Table Mar 2026
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Mar 2026
Philadelphia Area Employment — March 2025 Employment News Release Apr 2025
Consumer Expenditures in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — 2023–24 Consumer spending News Release Jan 2026
County Employment and Wages in Delaware — First Quarter 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2025
Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington — December 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2026
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — December 2025 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2026
Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – November 2024 Average energy prices News Release Dec 2024
Fatal Work Injuries in the Philadelphia Area — 2018 Workplace fatalities News Release Jun 2020
Workplace Fatalities in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Feb 2014
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release May 2025
Consumer Price Index, South Region — January 2026 Consumer price indexes News Release Feb 2026
Unemployment in the Philadelphia Area by County – June 2020 Unemployment News Release Aug 2020
Unemployment on the Delmarva Peninsula by County – June 2020 Unemployment News Release Aug 2020
Fatal Work Injuries in Delaware — 2019 Workplace fatalities News Release Apr 2021
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2026
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Delaware — 2025 Unemployment News Release Feb 2026
Delaware Job Openings and Labor Turnover — December 2025 Employment, Unemployment News Release Feb 2026
Employer-reported workplace injuries and illnesses in Delaware — 2024 Workplace injuries and illnesses News Release Feb 2026
Business Employment Dynamics in Delaware — First Quarter 2025 Employment News Release Dec 2025