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News Releases:
Jan
31
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — December 2022

Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.1 percent in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ Combined Statistical Area (CSA), for the year ended December 2022.

Jan
12
Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – December 2022

Prices in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), decreased by 0.4 percent for the 2 months ending in December 2022.

Jan
12
Consumer Price Index, South Region — December 2022

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South edged down 0.3 percent in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Delaware Economy at a Glance:
Delaware
Data Series Back
Data		 Dec
2022		 Jan
2023		 Feb
2023		 Mar
2023		 Apr
2023		 May
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

   (p)496.0 495.9 (p)496.6    

Employment(1)

   (p)473.1 473.3 (p)474.6    

Unemployment(1)

   (p)22.9 22.6 (p)22.0    

Unemployment Rate(2)

   (p)4.6 4.6 (p)4.4    

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 477.0 478.9 480.8 482.8 483.7 (p)485.7

12-month % change

 2.5 2.8 2.5 2.9 2.6 (p)3.3

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 24.0 24.1 24.3 24.8 24.2 (p)24.4

12-month % change

 3.0 3.0 3.4 6.0 2.1 (p)5.2

Manufacturing(3)

 26.4 26.7 27.1 27.1 27.2 (p)27.3

12-month % change

 3.9 5.1 4.6 4.6 4.2 (p)5.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 90.7 90.7 90.5 91.1 90.9 (p)91.6

12-month % change

 3.2 3.5 2.4 2.7 2.1 (p)2.7

Information(4)

 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7 (p)3.7

12-month % change

 0.0 -2.7 -2.7 -2.7 -2.6 (p)-2.6

Financial Activities(3)

 50.2 50.0 50.1 50.2 50.3 (p)50.3

12-month % change

 5.2 4.2 4.4 4.8 4.4 (p)4.6

Professional & Business Services(3)

 66.1 66.8 67.3 67.4 67.6 (p)67.9

12-month % change

 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 2.9 (p)3.5

Education & Health Services(3)

 79.2 79.3 79.3 79.7 79.9 (p)80.3

12-month % change

 1.4 0.4 0.4 1.0 0.5 (p)1.1

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

 50.3 51.2 51.6 51.9 52.6 (p)53.4

12-month % change

 1.8 4.7 3.8 3.8 5.6 (p)8.8

Other Services(3)

 18.8 18.8 18.5 18.6 18.8 (p)18.5

12-month % change

 1.6 2.7 -0.5 0.0 0.5 (p)-1.1

Government(3)

 67.6 67.7 68.5 68.3 68.4 (p)68.3

12-month % change

 1.2 1.5 2.2 2.2 2.2 (p)1.9

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary
Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Dover Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Feb 2023
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ, Division Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Feb 2023
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Feb 2023
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2023
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2023
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2023
Dover, DE: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2023
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2023
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Aug 2023
Mid-Atlantic - Employment Cost Index Benefits, Pay Table Aug 2023
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Aug 2023
Philadelphia Area Employment — November 2022 Employment News Release Dec 2022
Consumer Expenditures in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — 2020-21 Consumer spending News Release Sep 2022
County Employment and Wages in Delaware — Fourth Quarter 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2022
County Employment and Wages in the Delmarva Peninsula – Fourth Quarter 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2021
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Jun 2022
Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – December 2022 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2023
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — December 2022 Benefits, Pay News Release Jan 2023
Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – November 2022 Average energy prices News Release Dec 2022
Fatal Work Injuries in the Philadelphia Area — 2018 Workplace fatalities News Release Jun 2020
Workplace Fatalities in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Feb 2014
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Aug 2022
Consumer Price Index, South Region — December 2022 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2023
Unemployment in the Philadelphia Area by County – June 2020 Unemployment News Release Aug 2020
Unemployment on the Delmarva Peninsula by County – June 2020 Unemployment News Release Aug 2020
Fatal Work Injuries in Delaware — 2019 Workplace fatalities News Release Apr 2021
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Delaware — 2021 Unemployment News Release Mar 2022