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Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J. Metropolitan Division
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2024	374.2	376.2	379.4	382.1	382.0	380.7	378.3	378.1	380.2	379.8	382.0	381.6	379.6
2025	(p)373.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2024	17.2	17.4	17.9	18.4	17.9	18.1	18.1	18.1	18.3	18.7	18.5	18.1	18.1
2025	(p)17.6
Manufacturing
2024	17.4	17.4	17.2	17.2	17.0	17.2	17.1	17.0	16.8	16.8	16.8	16.8	17.1
2025	(p)16.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	76.1	74.9	74.9	75.1	75.3	75.0	74.3	74.2	75.1	75.0	77.2	78.7	75.5
2025	(p)76.3
Information
2024	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7
2025	(p)2.7
Financial Activities
2024	45.0	45.0	45.1	44.9	44.6	44.9	44.7	44.4	44.0	43.4	43.7	43.6	44.4
2025	(p)43.8
Professional & Business Services
2024	51.1	51.3	51.6	52.5	52.3	52.1	52.2	52.6	52.0	51.3	51.4	50.8	51.8
2025	(p)49.9
Educational & Health Services
2024	66.4	67.0	67.5	67.5	67.7	67.2	67.7	68.0	68.4	68.8	69.2	69.2	67.9
2025	(p)68.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	33.8	34.1	35.2	36.0	37.4	37.7	38.1	37.7	36.4	35.1	33.8	33.2	35.7
2025	(p)32.2
Other Services
2024	14.2	14.4	14.5	14.8	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.6
2025	(p)14.5
Government
2024	50.3	52.0	52.8	53.0	52.5	51.2	48.8	48.7	51.8	53.2	53.8	53.7	51.8
2025	(p)51.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J. Metropolitan Division
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	(m)398,856	(m)399,715	(m)402,354	(m)400,040	(m)397,372	(m)399,519	(m)401,085	(m)398,572	(m)394,896	(m)397,664	(m)397,302	(m)397,925
2025	385,476	(p)385,347
Employment
2024	(m)383,322	(m)384,189	(m)387,401	(m)386,619	(m)383,970	(m)383,159	(m)383,845	(m)381,741	(m)381,212	(m)383,901	(m)384,362	(m)385,302
2025	370,138	(p)369,463
Unemployment
2024	(m)15,534	(m)15,526	(m)14,953	(m)13,421	(m)13,402	(m)16,360	(m)17,240	(m)16,831	(m)13,684	(m)13,763	(m)12,940	(m)12,623
2025	15,338	(p)15,884
Unemployment Rate
2024	(m)3.9	(m)3.9	(m)3.7	(m)3.4	(m)3.4	(m)4.1	(m)4.3	(m)4.2	(m)3.5	(m)3.5	(m)3.3	(m)3.2
2025	4.0	(p)4.1
Footnotes (m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	New Castle County, Del.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	(m)311,711	(m)311,930	(m)313,941	(m)312,252	(m)309,449	(m)310,881	(m)311,295	(m)309,681	(m)306,708	(m)309,593	(m)309,681	(m)310,454
2025	303,804	(p)303,168
Employment
2024	(m)299,864	(m)300,072	(m)302,482	(m)301,801	(m)299,156	(m)298,218	(m)298,296	(m)296,918	(m)296,336	(m)299,246	(m)300,155	(m)301,107
2025	292,174	(p)291,226
Unemployment
2024	(m)11,847	(m)11,858	(m)11,459	(m)10,451	(m)10,293	(m)12,663	(m)12,999	(m)12,763	(m)10,372	(m)10,347	(m)9,526	(m)9,347
2025	11,630	(p)11,942
Unemployment Rate
2024	(m)3.8	(m)3.8	(m)3.7	(m)3.3	(m)3.3	(m)4.1	(m)4.2	(m)4.1	(m)3.4	(m)3.3	(m)3.1	(m)3.0
2025	3.8	(p)3.9
Footnotes (m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Cecil County, Md.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	(m)55,852	(m)56,130	(m)56,847	(m)55,951	(m)56,057	(m)56,657	(m)57,299	(m)56,470	(m)56,168	(m)56,155	(m)55,991	(m)55,808
2025	51,568	(p)51,721
Employment
2024	(m)54,047	(m)54,409	(m)55,151	(m)54,565	(m)54,642	(m)54,800	(m)55,200	(m)54,416	(m)54,522	(m)54,415	(m)54,318	(m)54,295
2025	49,867	(p)49,846
Unemployment
2024	(m)1,805	(m)1,721	(m)1,696	(m)1,386	(m)1,415	(m)1,857	(m)2,099	(m)2,054	(m)1,646	(m)1,740	(m)1,673	(m)1,513
2025	1,701	(p)1,875
Unemployment Rate
2024	(m)3.2	(m)3.1	(m)3.0	(m)2.5	(m)2.5	(m)3.3	(m)3.7	(m)3.6	(m)2.9	(m)3.1	(m)3.0	(m)2.7
2025	3.3	(p)3.6
Footnotes (m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Salem County, N.J.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	(m)31,293	(m)31,655	(m)31,566	(m)31,837	(m)31,866	(m)31,981	(m)32,491	(m)32,421	(m)32,020	(m)31,916	(m)31,630	(m)31,663
2025	30,104	(p)30,458
Employment
2024	(m)29,411	(m)29,708	(m)29,768	(m)30,253	(m)30,172	(m)30,141	(m)30,349	(m)30,407	(m)30,354	(m)30,240	(m)29,889	(m)29,900
2025	28,097	(p)28,391
Unemployment
2024	(m)1,882	(m)1,947	(m)1,798	(m)1,584	(m)1,694	(m)1,840	(m)2,142	(m)2,014	(m)1,666	(m)1,676	(m)1,741	(m)1,763
2025	2,007	(p)2,067
Unemployment Rate
2024	(m)6.0	(m)6.2	(m)5.7	(m)5.0	(m)5.3	(m)5.8	(m)6.6	(m)6.2	(m)5.2	(m)5.3	(m)5.5	(m)5.6
2025	6.7	(p)6.8
Footnotes (m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary
The Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J Metropolitan Division (MD) includes New Castle County in Delaware; Cecil County in Maryland; and Salem County in New Jersey.