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Jun
22

County Employment and Wages in Delaware - Fourth Quarter 2016

From December 2015 to December 2016, employment in Delaware’s only large county, New Castle, decreased 0.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Jun
15

Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City – May 2017

Gasoline prices averaged $2.528 a gallon in the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City area in May 2017, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Jun
14

Consumer Price Index, South Region – May 2017

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South was unchanged in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Delaware Economy at a Glance:

Delaware
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2017

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)470.1 470.6 472.5 474.4 476.0 (p)476.8

Employment(1)

 (2)449.7 450.0 451.3 452.9 454.1 (p)454.6

Unemployment(1)

 (2)20.4 20.6 21.2 21.5 22.0 (p)22.2

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)4.3 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.6 (p)4.7

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 454.4 455.8 456.5 456.1 455.7 (p)455.7

12-month % change

 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.6 (p)0.9

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 20.6 21.1 22.0 21.9 21.7 (p)21.5

12-month % change

 -1.4 0.5 3.3 0.9 5.3 (p)5.9

Manufacturing(4)

 25.9 26.0 25.9 25.7 25.8 (p)25.9

12-month % change

 1.2 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.4 (p)0.8

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 82.2 83.5 83.3 83.0 83 (p)80.9

12-month % change

 -0.1 1.0 0.7 -0.1 0.1 (p)-2.2

Information(5)

 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 (p)4.6

12-month % change

 2.1 6.5 4.3 2.2 0.0 (p)7.0

Financial Activities(4)

 47.0 47.1 47.1 46.9 47.3 (p)47.1

12-month % change

 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.8 0.0 (p)0.6

Professional & Business Services(4)

 61.1 59.9 57.8 59.1 58.8 (p)60.8

12-month % change

 -0.7 -2.3 -5.7 -3.3 -4.4 (p)-1.0

Education & Health Services(4)

 78.1 78.5 79.3 79.3 79.3 (p)79.6

12-month % change

 2.5 2.9 3.5 3.5 3.3 (p)3.6

Leisure & Hospitality(4)

 51.0 51.2 52.2 51.4 50.9 (p)51.8

12-month % change

 3.7 4.9 6.1 4.3 2.6 (p)4.6

Other Services(4)

 18.7 18.6 18.6 18.8 18.8 (p)17.9

12-month % change

 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 (p)-4.8

Government(4)

 65.0 65.0 65.5 65.3 65.5 (p)65.6

12-month % change

 -0.3 -0.3 0.9 0.0 0.5 (p)0.3

Footnotes
 (1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment.
(3) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(5) 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 Jun 2017
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ, Division Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jun 2017
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jun 2017
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2017
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2017
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2017
Dover, DE: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2017
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2017
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2017
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2017
Mid-Atlantic - Employment Cost Index Benefits, Pay Table Jun 2017
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jun 2017
Philadelphia Area Employment – February 2017 Employment News Release Apr 2017
Consumer Expenditures for the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area: 2014-15 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2016
County Employment and Wages in Delaware - Fourth Quarter 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2017
County Employment and Wages in the Delmarva Peninsula – Fourth Quarter 2015 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2016
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Jun 2017
Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City – April 2017 Consumer price indexes News Release May 2017
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md. Metropolitan Statistical Area Employment Employment Table Oct 2014
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area – March 2017 Benefits, Pay News Release May 2017
Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City – May 2017 Average energy prices News Release Jun 2017
Fatal Work Injuries in the Philadelphia Area — 2015 Workplace fatalities News Release Apr 2017
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 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2017
Consumer Price Index, South Region – May 2017 Consumer price indexes News Release Jun 2017
Unemployment in the Philadelphia Area by County – March 2017 Unemployment News Release May 2017
Unemployment on the Delmarva Peninsula by County – March 2017 Unemployment News Release May 2017