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Dover, DE: 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	Dover, Del. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2022	69.5	70.5	71.1	71.9	71.7	71.4	70.2	69.7	70.8	71.3	71.5	71.4	70.9
2023	70.4	71.0	71.7	72.2	72.8	73.2	72.9	(p)72.5
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2022	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
2023	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	(p)2.8
Manufacturing
2022	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3
2023	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	(p)5.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.6	13.3	13.2	13.5	13.6	14.0	14.1	13.7
2023	13.6	13.5	13.6	13.8	13.9	14.0	14.0	(p)14.0
Information
2022	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
2023	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	(p)0.5
Financial Activities
2022	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.2
2023	2.3	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	(p)2.3
Professional & Business Services
2022	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.3	6.3	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.4
2023	6.4	6.4	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	(p)6.8
Educational & Health Services
2022	10.4	10.5	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.7
2023	10.9	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	(p)11.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	7.0	7.2	7.4	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.3	7.4	7.3	7.1	6.9	7.3
2023	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.2	7.5	7.7	7.7	(p)7.7
Other Services
2022	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7
2023	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.6	(p)2.6
Government
2022	18.9	19.4	19.5	19.6	19.5	19.4	19.0	18.8	19.3	19.4	19.4	19.4	19.3
2023	19.1	19.5	19.8	19.8	19.6	19.6	19.2	(p)19.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Dover, Del. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2022	81,574	81,306	81,753	81,104	80,351	80,331	79,353	79,249	78,539	79,518	79,450	79,531	80,172
2023	80,459	79,949	80,905	80,930	80,508	81,374	81,898	(p)82,819
Employment
2022	76,806	76,975	77,596	77,257	76,584	75,639	74,849	74,464	74,680	75,341	75,628	75,761	75,965
2023	76,299	75,873	76,971	77,297	76,972	77,100	77,739	(p)78,360
Unemployment
2022	4,768	4,331	4,157	3,847	3,767	4,692	4,504	4,785	3,859	4,177	3,822	3,770	4,207
2023	4,160	4,076	3,934	3,633	3,536	4,274	4,159	(p)4,459
Unemployment Rate
2022	5.8	5.3	5.1	4.7	4.7	5.8	5.7	6.0	4.9	5.3	4.8	4.7	5.2
2023	5.2	5.1	4.9	4.5	4.4	5.3	5.1	(p)5.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Dover, Del. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Kent County in Delaware.