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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

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

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	Nov 2023	Dec 2023	Jan 2024	Feb 2024	Mar 2024	Apr 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	(r)509.7	(r)509.6	508.8	508.2	507.0	(p)506.2
Employment(1)	(r)488.8	(r)488.8	488.1	487.9	487.0	(p)486.5
Unemployment(1)	(r)20.9	(r)20.9	20.7	20.3	20.0	(p)19.8
Unemployment Rate(2)	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9	(p)3.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)	484.9	486.2	487.1	487.9	488.3	(p)490.4
12-month % change	1.5	1.6	1.3	1.4	1.2	(p)1.8
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)	23.9	23.5	23.7	23.6	23.9	(p)24.2
12-month % change	0.0	-1.7	-1.3	-2.1	-0.4	(p)0.4
Manufacturing(3)	27.6	27.9	28.0	27.7	27.8	(p)27.9
12-month % change	4.2	5.3	3.7	3.4	3.3	(p)3.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)	89.3	89.4	89.3	89.4	89.7	(p)89.8
12-month % change	0.3	-0.1	-0.8	-0.8	-0.9	(p)0.1
Information(4)	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	(p)3.6
12-month % change	-2.7	-2.7	-5.4	-5.4	-2.8	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)	50.5	50.4	50.5	50.7	50.7	(p)50.8
12-month % change	1.0	0.8	0.6	1.0	0.4	(p)0.6
Professional & Business Services(3)	63.9	63.4	63.4	63.2	62.7	(p)63.3
12-month % change	-3.9	-3.8	-3.6	-3.7	-4.0	(p)-2.8
Education & Health Services(3)	84.1	84.8	85.5	85.3	85.7	(p)85.8
12-month % change	5.0	5.0	5.3	5.0	4.8	(p)4.3
Leisure & Hospitality(3)	52.8	53.2	53.4	53.9	53.7	(p)54.1
12-month % change	3.7	4.1	3.3	3.9	3.5	(p)4.6
Other Services(3)	18.9	19.1	19.0	19.0	18.9	(p)19.1
12-month % change	1.1	2.1	1.6	1.1	0.5	(p)1.1
Government(3)	70.3	70.9	70.8	71.6	71.6	(p)71.8
12-month % change	3.1	3.4	3.4	3.9	3.8	(p)4.4
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 (r) Revised

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	Jul 2024
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2024
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2024
Dover, DE: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2024
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2024
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2024
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jul 2024
Mid-Atlantic - Employment Cost Index	Benefits, Pay	Table	Jul 2024
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Jul 2024
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

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