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News Releases:
Dec
04
Delaware Job Openings and Labor Turnover — August 2025

Delaware had 24,000 job openings in August 2025, compared to 23,000 openings in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Sep
16
County Employment and Wages in Delaware — First Quarter 2025

Employment rose in Delaware’s two largest counties, Sussex and New Castle, from March 2024 to March 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Sep
11
Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington — August 2025

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington was up 0.5 percent from June to August.

Delaware Economy at a Glance:
Delaware
Data Series Back
Data		 Mar
2025		 Apr
2025		 May
2025		 June
2025		 July
2025		 Aug
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 506.6 507.3 508.1 508.6 509.6 (p)510.6

Employment(1)

 487.7 487.7 488.0 488.1 488.5 (p)488.6

Unemployment(1)

 19.0 19.6 20.1 20.5 21.1 (p)21.9

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.1 (p)4.3

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 493.0 494.1 493.5 492.6 493.0 (p)493.8

12-month % change

 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.8 (p)0.7

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 24.6 24.7 25.1 24.8 24.7 (p)24.6

12-month % change

 0.8 2.5 4.1 2.5 2.5 (p)1.2

Manufacturing(3)

 26.7 26.6 26.6 26.8 26.6 (p)26.5

12-month % change

 0.4 0.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.7 (p)-0.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 90.8 90.9 90.3 89.6 90.2 (p)90.4

12-month % change

 0.1 0.7 0.1 -0.2 0.8 (p)0.9

Information(3)

 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 (p)3.5

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 (p)2.9

Financial Activities(3)

 48.9 49.3 49.4 49.4 49.4 (p)49.4

12-month % change

 -1.6 -0.6 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 (p)-0.2

Professional & Business Services(3)

 64.7 65.3 65.3 65.1 65.6 (p)65.6

12-month % change

 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.5 (p)-0.5

Education & Health Services(3)

 89.5 89.6 89.6 89.5 89.8 (p)90.2

12-month % change

 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.0 (p)2.6

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

 53.3 53.4 53.3 53.3 52.9 (p)53.5

12-month % change

 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -0.9 -0.9 (p)0.6

Other Services(3)

 19.5 19.5 19.4 19.6 19.7 (p)19.8

12-month % change

 0.0 -0.5 -1.0 0.0 1.0 (p)1.0

Government(3)

 71.4 71.3 71.0 71.0 70.6 (p)70.3

12-month % change

 1.9 1.7 1.0 1.1 0.6 (p)0.1

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) 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 Sep 2025
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ, Division Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2025
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2025
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2025
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2025
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2025
Dover, DE: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2025
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2025
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2025
Mid-Atlantic - Employment Cost Index Benefits, Pay Table Dec 2025
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2025
Philadelphia Area Employment — March 2025 Employment News Release Apr 2025
Consumer Expenditures in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — 2022–23 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2024
County Employment and Wages in Delaware — First Quarter 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2025
Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington — August 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2025
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — June 2025 Benefits, Pay News Release Aug 2025
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 Jul 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release May 2025
Consumer Price Index, South Region — August 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2025
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 Sep 2025
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Delaware — 2024 Unemployment News Release Feb 2025
Delaware Job Openings and Labor Turnover — August 2025 Employment, Unemployment News Release Dec 2025
Employer-reported workplace injuries and illnesses in Delaware — 2023 Workplace injuries and illnesses News Release Dec 2024