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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
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.