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Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Table

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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2021

 345.5 346.2 348.9 350.9 350.7 349.4 351.8 349.4 349.9 356.3 357.7 358.3 351.3

2022

 348.3 351.9 353.3 357.6 359.4 360.9 361.6 360.2 361.1 364.7 364.3 (p)362.5  

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2021

 16.1 15.8 16.7 16.9 16.7 16.8 17.2 17.0 16.9 17.7 17.4 17.3 16.9

2022

 16.5 16.6 16.8 17.7 17.7 17.6 18.0 17.8 17.7 18.3 17.9 (p)17.9  

Manufacturing

2021

 16.1 15.9 15.9 15.9 15.9 15.9 16.0 16.1 16.1 16.3 16.4 16.8 16.1

2022

 16.2 16.2 16.3 16.6 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.6 17.2 17.3 17.5 (p)17.5  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2021

 71.1 69.7 68.8 67.8 67.2 66.7 67.9 67.6 68.7 70.6 71.8 73.0 69.2

2022

 69.9 69.9 69.4 69.9 69.4 70.0 70.2 70.2 70.5 71.2 72.7 (p)74.3  

Information

2021

 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7

2022

 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.7 (p)2.7  

Financial Activities

2021

 43.1 43.2 43.2 43.1 43.1 43.3 43.3 43.1 42.7 43.5 43.6 43.4 43.2

2022

 43.6 43.5 43.4 43.4 43.5 43.3 44.0 43.8 43.7 44.1 44.4 (p)44.6  

Professional & Business Services

2021

 49.1 49.7 50.1 50.8 50.5 50.5 51.1 50.8 49.9 51.8 51.6 51.8 50.6

2022

 50.2 51.3 51.1 51.3 51.3 52.5 51.7 51.7 51.0 51.3 50.6 (p)48.4  

Educational & Health Services

2021

 61.1 61.3 61.6 62.0 61.8 60.8 60.7 60.3 60.0 60.4 60.5 60.1 60.9

2022

 59.6 60.0 60.0 60.5 60.3 60.3 59.5 60.0 60.5 61.2 61.3 (p)60.9  

Leisure & Hospitality

2021

 25.9 26.4 27.4 28.7 30.2 31.6 32.4 32.2 31.2 30.2 30.1 29.3 29.6

2022

 27.7 28.2 29.5 31.3 33.4 36.0 38.2 37.2 35.0 34.4 32.5 (p)31.7  

Other Services

2021

 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.9 13.8 13.9 14.0 14.0 13.8

2022

 14.0 14.1 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.1 14.2 14.1 14.0 14.3 14.2 (p)14.1  

Government

2021

 46.8 47.9 48.9 49.3 48.9 47.3 46.5 45.5 47.7 49.0 49.5 49.8 48.1

2022

 47.8 49.3 50.0 50.0 49.8 47.2 45.8 45.1 48.7 49.9 50.5 (p)50.4  

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

2022

 (1)389,315 (1)388,511 388,556 387,244 386,357 386,258 388,232 387,309 385,722 389,500 386,248 (p)386,674  

2023

 (p)390,893                        

Employment

2022

 (1)369,776 (1)370,708 371,061 371,237 370,371 367,425 370,421 369,581 371,530 374,071 371,426 (p)372,221  

2023

 (p)373,690                        

Unemployment

2022

 (1)19,539 (1)17,803 17,495 16,007 15,986 18,833 17,811 17,728 14,192 15,429 14,822 (p)14,453  

2023

 (p)17,203                        

Unemployment Rate

2022

 (1)5.0 (1)4.6 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.9 4.6 4.6 3.7 4.0 3.8 (p)3.7  

2023

 (p)4.4                        

Footnotes
(1) Corrected.
(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

2022

 307,602 306,804 306,578 305,721 304,082 303,414 304,695 303,413 302,893 305,513 304,182 (p)304,146  

2023

 (p)306,334                        

Employment

2022

 292,204 292,989 292,845 292,676 291,293 288,627 290,705 289,585 291,746 293,380 292,409 (p)292,682  

2023

 (p)292,526                        

Unemployment

2022

 15,398 13,815 13,733 13,045 12,789 14,787 13,990 13,828 11,147 12,133 11,773 (p)11,464  

2023

 (p)13,808                        

Unemployment Rate

2022

 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.9 4.6 4.6 3.7 4.0 3.9 (p)3.8  

2023

 (p)4.5                        

Footnotes
(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

2022

 (1)51,997 (1)52,282 52,639 52,153 52,539 53,609 53,804 53,462 52,789 53,265 52,283 (p)52,884  

2023

 (p)53,631                        

Employment

2022

 (1)49,699 (1)49,944 50,386 50,467 50,613 50,944 51,455 51,039 50,815 51,097 50,408 (p)51,174  

2023

 (p)51,891                        

Unemployment

2022

 (1)2,298 (1)2,338 2,253 1,686 1,926 2,665 2,349 2,423 1,974 2,168 1,875 (p)1,710  

2023

 (p)1,740                        

Unemployment Rate

2022

 (1)4.4 (1)4.5 4.3 3.2 3.7 5.0 4.4 4.5 3.7 4.1 3.6 (p)3.2  

2023

 (p)3.2                        

Footnotes
(1) Corrected.
(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

2022

 29,716 29,425 29,339 29,370 29,736 29,235 29,733 30,434 30,040 30,722 29,783 (p)29,644  

2023

 (p)30,928                        

Employment

2022

 27,873 27,775 27,830 28,094 28,465 27,854 28,261 28,957 28,969 29,594 28,609 (p)28,365  

2023

 (p)29,273                        

Unemployment

2022

 1,843 1,650 1,509 1,276 1,271 1,381 1,472 1,477 1,071 1,128 1,174 (p)1,279  

2023

 (p)1,655                        

Unemployment Rate

2022

 6.2 5.6 5.1 4.3 4.3 4.7 5.0 4.9 3.6 3.7 3.9 (p)4.3  

2023

 (p)5.4                        

Footnotes
(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.