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News Releases:
Sep
15
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — June 2023

Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 5.7 percent in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ Combined Statistical Area (CSA), for the year ended March 2023.

Sep
13
Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – August 2023

Prices in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased by 0.8 percent for the 2 months ending in August 2023.

Sep
13
Consumer Price Index, South Region — August 2023

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South rose 0.6 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Delaware Economy at a Glance:
Delaware
Data Series Back
Data		 Mar
2023		 Apr
2023		 May
2023		 June
2023		 July
2023		 Aug
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 496.6 497.8 499.7 501.2 503.0 (p)505.5

Employment(1)

 474.6 476.3 478.6 480.4 482.5 (p)484.7

Unemployment(1)

 22.0 21.5 21.2 20.8 20.6 (p)20.8

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 (p)4.1

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 482.8 483.7 486.2 486.0 483.3 (p)482.9

12-month % change

 2.9 2.6 3.4 3.1 2.4 (p)1.9

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 24.8 24.2 24.5 24.4 24.3 (p)24.8

12-month % change

 6.0 2.1 5.6 4.3 3.8 (p)6.0

Manufacturing(3)

 27.1 27.2 27.5 27.2 27.4 (p)27.5

12-month % change

 4.6 4.2 5.8 4.2 5.0 (p)4.6

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 91.1 90.9 91.7 91.6 91.6 (p)90.7

12-month % change

 2.7 2.1 2.8 2.8 1.9 (p)0.7

Information(4)

 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 (p)3.6

12-month % change

 -2.7 -2.6 -2.6 -5.3 -7.7 (p)-5.3

Financial Activities(3)

 50.2 50.3 50.4 51.0 49.9 (p)50.0

12-month % change

 4.8 4.4 4.8 5.8 2.5 (p)1.6

Professional & Business Services(3)

 67.4 67.6 67.8 66.3 65.8 (p)65.9

12-month % change

 3.4 2.9 3.4 1.2 -0.8 (p)-1.2

Education & Health Services(3)

 79.7 79.9 80.4 80.9 81.1 (p)80.6

12-month % change

 1.0 0.5 1.3 1.8 2.7 (p)1.8

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

 51.9 52.6 53.1 52.9 52.8 (p)53.0

12-month % change

 3.8 5.6 8.1 7.7 7.5 (p)7.5

Other Services(3)

 18.6 18.8 18.5 18.1 17.8 (p)17.8

12-month % change

 0.0 0.5 -1.1 -2.7 -3.8 (p)-3.8

Government(3)

 68.3 68.4 68.6 70.0 69.0 (p)69.0

12-month % change

 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.9 2.5 (p)2.7

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 Sep 2023
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ, Division Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2023
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2023
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2023
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2023
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2023
Dover, DE: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2023
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2023
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2023
Mid-Atlantic - Employment Cost Index Benefits, Pay Table Sep 2023
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2023
Philadelphia Area Employment — July 2023 Employment News Release Aug 2023
Consumer Expenditures in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — 2020-21 Consumer spending News Release Sep 2022
County Employment and Wages in Delaware — Fourth Quarter 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2023
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 – August 2023 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2023
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — June 2023 Benefits, Pay News Release Sep 2023
Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – July 2023 Average energy prices News Release Aug 2023
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 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington — May 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2023
Consumer Price Index, South Region — August 2023 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2023
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 2023
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Delaware — 2021 Unemployment News Release Mar 2022
Delaware Job Openings and Labor Turnover — February 2023 Employment, Unemployment News Release May 2023