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Nov
16

Unemployment in the Philadelphia Area by County – September 2018

In September, Chester County, PA, had the lowest unemployment rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area at 3.0 percent.

Nov
15

Unemployment on the Delmarva Peninsula by County – September 2018

In September, Somerset County, MD, had the highest unemployment rate on the Delmarva Peninsula at 6.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Nov
14

Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – October 2018

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington was unchanged from August to October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Delaware Economy at a Glance:

Delaware
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2018

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 483.0 484.5 485.7 486.4 486.6 (p)486.7

Employment(1)

 463.4 465.4 466.9 467.4 467.4 (p)467.5

Unemployment(1)

 19.5 19.0 18.9 19.0 19.3 (p)19.1

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 (p)3.9

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 460.5 460.1 461.9 462.6 463.0 (p)463.7

12-month % change

 1.3 0.9 1.4 1.5 1.6 (p)1.1

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 22.5 22.6 23.0 23.1 23.4 (p)23.5

12-month % change

 3.7 3.7 6.5 6.9 7.3 (p)5.9

Manufacturing(3)

 26.2 26.0 26.3 26.1 26.1 (p)26.1

12-month % change

 1.2 0.0 1.9 1.6 1.2 (p)2.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 82.0 81.5 82.1 82.2 82.3 (p)82.4

12-month % change

 1.5 0.7 2.1 1.6 1.5 (p)1.2

Information(4)

 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 (p)4.1

12-month % change

 -6.5 -8.5 -6.5 -6.5 -6.7 (p)-6.8

Financial Activities(3)

 48.0 48.0 47.8 47.8 47.7 (p)47.6

12-month % change

 0.4 0.0 -0.6 -0.6 -0.6 (p)-0.6

Professional & Business Services(3)

 64.5 63.8 63.8 64.4 64.8 (p)65.7

12-month % change

 4.4 2.7 2.7 3.5 4.3 (p)2.3

Education & Health Services(3)

 78.1 78.5 79.1 78.7 78.9 (p)79.3

12-month % change

 -0.1 0.4 1.0 0.3 0.8 (p)1.1

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

 49.5 50.1 50.3 50.5 49.6 (p)48.8

12-month % change

 1.2 2.0 1.2 2.2 0.6 (p)-1.0

Other Services(3)

 18.9 18.6 18.7 18.9 19.1 (p)19.1

12-month % change

 1.1 -1.1 -0.5 0.5 2.7 (p)1.1

Government(3)

 66.5 66.7 66.5 66.6 66.9 (p)67.1

12-month % change

 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.2 1.2 (p)0.9

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
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Nov 2018
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ, Division Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Nov 2018
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Nov 2018
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2018
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2018
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2018
Dover, DE: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2018
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2018
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2018
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2018
Mid-Atlantic - Employment Cost Index Benefits, Pay Table Dec 2018
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2018
Philadelphia Area Employment – August 2018 Employment News Release Oct 2018
Consumer Expenditures for the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area: 2016-17 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2018
County Employment and Wages in Delaware — Fourth Quarter 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2018
County Employment and Wages in the Delmarva Peninsula – Fourth Quarter 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2018
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Nov 2018
Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – October 2018 Consumer price indexes News Release Nov 2018
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area – September 2018 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2018
Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – September 2018 Average energy prices News Release Oct 2018
Fatal Work Injuries in the Philadelphia Area — 2016 Workplace fatalities News Release Apr 2018
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 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Consumer Price Index, South Region – October 2018 Consumer price indexes News Release Nov 2018
Unemployment in the Philadelphia Area by County – September 2018 Unemployment News Release Nov 2018
Unemployment on the Delmarva Peninsula by County – September 2018 Unemployment News Release Nov 2018
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Delaware — 2016 Workplace fatalities News Release Jun 2018