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News Releases:
Apr
23
Delaware Job Openings and Labor Turnover — February 2024

Delaware had 33,000 job openings in February 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Apr
10
Consumer Price Index, South Region — March 2024

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South rose 0.4 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Apr
10
Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – March 2024

Gasoline prices averaged $3.468 per gallon in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington area in March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Delaware Economy at a Glance:
Delaware
Data Series Back
Data		 Oct
2023		 Nov
2023		 Dec
2023		 Jan
2024		 Feb
2024		 Mar
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)509.9 (r)509.7 (r)509.6 508.8 508.2 (p)507.0

Employment(1)

 (r)489.0 (r)488.8 (r)488.8 488.1 487.9 (p)487.1

Unemployment(1)

 (r)20.9 (r)20.9 (r)20.9 20.7 20.3 (p)20.0

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)4.1 (r)4.1 (r)4.1 4.1 4.0 (p)3.9

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 484.8 484.9 486.2 487.1 487.9 (p)488.5

12-month % change

 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.4 (p)1.3

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 23.9 23.9 23.5 23.7 23.6 (p)23.8

12-month % change

 0.4 0.0 -1.7 -1.3 -2.1 (p)-0.8

Manufacturing(3)

 27.7 27.6 27.9 28.0 27.7 (p)27.7

12-month % change

 4.5 4.2 5.3 3.7 3.4 (p)3.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 89.4 89.3 89.4 89.3 89.4 (p)89.9

12-month % change

 0.8 0.3 -0.1 -0.8 -0.8 (p)-0.7

Information(4)

 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 (p)3.5

12-month % change

 -2.7 -2.7 -2.7 -5.4 -5.4 (p)-2.8

Financial Activities(3)

 50.6 50.5 50.4 50.5 50.7 (p)50.7

12-month % change

 1.6 1.0 0.8 0.6 1.0 (p)0.4

Professional & Business Services(3)

 64.3 63.9 63.4 63.4 63.2 (p)62.7

12-month % change

 -3.6 -3.9 -3.8 -3.6 -3.7 (p)-4.0

Education & Health Services(3)

 83.9 84.1 84.8 85.5 85.3 (p)85.7

12-month % change

 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.0 (p)4.8

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

 52.5 52.8 53.2 53.4 53.9 (p)53.7

12-month % change

 3.8 3.7 4.1 3.3 3.9 (p)3.5

Other Services(3)

 18.8 18.9 19.1 19.0 19.0 (p)18.9

12-month % change

 2.7 1.1 2.1 1.6 1.1 (p)0.5

Government(3)

 70.1 70.3 70.9 70.8 71.6 (p)71.8

12-month % change

 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.9 (p)4.1

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 Mar 2024
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ, Division Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Mar 2024
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Mar 2024
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2024
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2024
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2024
Dover, DE: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2024
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2024
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2024
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2024
Mid-Atlantic - Employment Cost Index Benefits, Pay Table Apr 2024
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Apr 2024
Philadelphia Area Employment — July 2023 Employment News Release Aug 2023
Consumer Expenditures in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — 2021-22 Consumer spending News Release Sep 2023
County Employment and Wages in Delaware — Fourth Quarter 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2023
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 – February 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Mar 2024
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — December 2023 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2024
Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – March 2024 Average energy prices News Release Apr 2024
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 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington — May 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2023
Consumer Price Index, South Region — March 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Apr 2024
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
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Apr 2024
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Delaware — 2023 Unemployment News Release Mar 2024
Delaware Job Openings and Labor Turnover — February 2024 Employment, Unemployment News Release Apr 2024
Employer-reported workplace injuries and illnesses in Delaware — 2022 Workplace injuries and illnesses News Release Dec 2023