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News Releases:
Aug
10
Consumer Price Index, South Region — July 2022

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South increased 0.1 percent in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Aug
10
Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – July 2022

Gasoline prices averaged $4.739 per gallon in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington area in July 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Aug
04
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — June 2022

Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.0 percent in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2022.

Delaware Economy at a Glance:
Delaware
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Data		 Feb
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2022		 Apr
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2022		 June
2022		 July
2022

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 498.2 498.6 499.0 500.1 500.4 (p)500.5

Employment(1)

 475.2 476.0 476.5 477.5 477.7 (p)478.3

Unemployment(1)

 23.0 22.6 22.4 22.6 22.7 (p)22.2

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 (p)4.4

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 455.5 456.0 457.0 458.8 461.0 (p)462.9

12-month % change

 2.0 1.9 1.8 2.5 2.7 (p)2.7

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 23.9 23.8 24.2 23.9 23.6 (p)23.7

12-month % change

 4.8 3.0 5.7 4.4 3.1 (p)2.2

Manufacturing(3)

 25.4 25.8 26.2 26.4 26.4 (p)26.4

12-month % change

 2.8 4.5 6.5 8.2 8.2 (p)6.9

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 83.1 83.1 83.4 83.0 83.1 (p)83.3

12-month % change

 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.0 2.6 (p)3.2

Information(4)

 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7 (p)3.7

12-month % change

 9.1 9.1 5.9 5.9 5.7 (p)-2.6

Financial Activities(3)

 47.8 47.5 47.4 47.5 47.1 (p)46.9

12-month % change

 1.1 0.0 0.2 0.4 -1.3 (p)-1.3

Professional & Business Services(3)

 63.5 63.7 63.0 63.4 64.6 (p)64.9

12-month % change

 1.0 1.3 -0.9 1.1 3.0 (p)3.3

Education & Health Services(3)

 76.4 76.0 76.4 76.6 77.2 (p)76.4

12-month % change

 -2.2 -2.9 -3.2 -2.5 -1.0 (p)-1.9

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

 46.8 47.6 48.1 49.0 50.8 (p)52.4

12-month % change

 7.6 8.7 9.6 10.9 14.4 (p)14.2

Other Services(3)

 18.8 18.7 18.5 18.7 18.2 (p)18.6

12-month % change

 4.4 2.7 2.2 3.3 1.1 (p)2.2

Government(3)

 66.2 66.2 66.2 66.7 66.3 (p)66.6

12-month % change

 0.9 0.9 0.3 1.7 0.2 (p)0.5

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(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 Aug 2022
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ, Division Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Aug 2022
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Aug 2022
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2022
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2022
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2022
Dover, DE: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2022
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2022
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2022
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Aug 2022
Mid-Atlantic - Employment Cost Index Benefits, Pay Table Aug 2022
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Aug 2022
Philadelphia Area Employment — May 2022 Employment News Release Jun 2022
Consumer Expenditures for the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area: 2019-20 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2021
County Employment and Wages in Delaware — Fourth Quarter 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2022
County Employment and Wages in the Delmarva Peninsula – Fourth Quarter 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2021
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Jun 2022
Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – June 2022 Consumer price indexes News Release Jul 2022
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — June 2022 Benefits, Pay News Release Aug 2022
Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – July 2022 Average energy prices News Release Aug 2022
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 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2021
Consumer Price Index, South Region — July 2022 Consumer price indexes News Release Aug 2022
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
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Delaware — 2021 Unemployment News Release Mar 2022