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

Total Nonfarm

2021

67.2 67.4 68.4 69.2 69.5 69.0 69.2 68.8 69.0 69.6 70.2 70.2 69.0

2022

68.7 69.4 69.9 70.3 70.2 70.7 70.8 70.3 70.6 70.5 71.2 (p)70.6  

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2021

2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9

2022

2.8 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.0 (p)2.9  

Manufacturing

2021

4.9 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.9

2022

4.9 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 (p)5.3  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2021

13.2 13.0 13.2 13.2 13.4 13.3 13.2 13.2 13.4 13.8 14.2 14.6 13.5

2022

14.2 14.2 14.3 14.1 13.9 13.8 13.8 13.6 13.7 13.6 14.1 (p)14.1  

Information

2021

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

2022

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 (p)0.4  

Financial Activities

2021

1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9

2022

1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 (p)1.9  

Professional & Business Services

2021

5.8 5.8 6.0 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.2

2022

6.2 6.3 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.3 6.3 6.4 (p)6.3  

Educational & Health Services

2021

10.8 10.8 11.0 11.1 11.1 10.7 10.6 10.5 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.3 10.7

2022

10.2 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.4 10.5 (p)10.6  

Leisure & Hospitality

2021

6.2 6.2 6.4 6.5 6.8 6.9 7.1 7.2 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.7

2022

6.5 6.5 6.7 6.9 7.3 7.8 7.9 7.8 7.5 7.4 7.2 (p)7.0  

Other Services

2021

2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6

2022

2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 (p)2.6  

Government

2021

18.8 19.1 19.3 19.5 19.3 19.2 19.0 18.8 19.4 19.6 19.7 19.5 19.3

2022

19.0 19.4 19.6 19.6 19.4 19.2 19.2 18.9 19.6 19.7 19.8 (p)19.5  

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

82,705 82,018 82,128 81,725 81,112 81,408 81,366 81,010 80,304 80,853 80,884 (p)80,565  

2023

(p)80,374                        

Employment

2022

77,887 77,779 77,808 77,570 77,065 76,513 76,793 76,388 76,765 76,958 77,118 (p)76,870  

2023

(p)76,220                        

Unemployment

2022

4,818 4,239 4,320 4,155 4,047 4,895 4,573 4,622 3,539 3,895 3,766 (p)3,695  

2023

(p)4,154                        

Unemployment Rate

2022

5.8 5.2 5.3 5.1 5.0 6.0 5.6 5.7 4.4 4.8 4.7 (p)4.6  

2023

(p)5.2                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Dover, Del. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Kent County in Delaware.