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News Releases:

Jan
13

Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – December 2020

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington was unchanged from October to December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Jan
13

Consumer Price Index, South Region – December 2020

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South rose 0.2 percent in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Jan
11

Philadelphia Area Employment – November 2020

Total nonfarm employment for the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area stood at 2,809,000 in November 2020, down 204,100, or 6.8 percent, over the year.

Delaware Economy at a Glance:

Delaware
Data Series Back
Data		 June
2020		 July
2020		 Aug
2020		 Sept
2020		 Oct
2020		 Nov
2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 486.7 505.6 500.9 487.8 480.9 (p)476.2

Employment(1)

 425.2 452.6 456.2 447.1 453.7 (p)451.8

Unemployment(1)

 61.5 53.0 44.7 40.7 27.2 (p)24.4

Unemployment Rate(2)

 12.6 10.5 8.9 8.3 5.6 (p)5.1

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 414.8 421.7 426.7 426.9 430.5 (p)429.3

12-month % change

 -10.8 -9.6 -8.7 -8.5 -7.7 (p)-8.1

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 21.0 21.3 21.3 21.4 21.1 (p)21.9

12-month % change

 -8.3 -6.6 -6.2 -5.7 -7.9 (p)-3.9

Manufacturing(3)

 24.6 24.5 25.0 25.0 25.0 (p)25.0

12-month % change

 -9.2 -9.9 -8.1 -8.1 -8.1 (p)-7.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 74.3 74.2 76.6 77.4 79.3 (p)79.8

12-month % change

 -8.2 -8.4 -5.3 -4.1 -1.9 (p)-2.3

Information(4)

 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 (p)3.4

12-month % change

 -10.3 -10.3 -12.8 -12.8 -12.8 (p)-15.0

Financial Activities(3)

 46.2 46.2 46.2 46.0 45.6 (p)45.4

12-month % change

 -2.9 -2.9 -2.9 -3.8 -4.2 (p)-4.4

Professional & Business Services(3)

 58.4 58.2 58.4 57.9 58.6 (p)57.1

12-month % change

 -7.6 -8.5 -9.0 -9.4 -7.4 (p)-9.2

Education & Health Services(3)

 72.0 73.5 74.3 73.8 74.1 (p)73.5

12-month % change

 -11.2 -9.4 -8.8 -9.3 -8.7 (p)-9.4

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

 35.2 39.2 39.2 40.4 42.5 (p)42.8

12-month % change

 -33.6 -26.7 -26.6 -24.2 -20.1 (p)-19.7

Other Services(3)

 15.1 15.9 16.2 16.3 16.5 (p)16.2

12-month % change

 -18.8 -14.5 -13.4 -12.8 -12.7 (p)-14.7

Government(3)

 64.5 65.2 66.1 65.3 64.4 (p)64.2

12-month % change

 -3.0 -2.7 -2.1 -2.2 -4.6 (p)-4.9

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
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2021
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ, Division Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2021
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2021
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2021
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2021
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2021
Dover, DE: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2021
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2021
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2021
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2021
Mid-Atlantic - Employment Cost Index Benefits, Pay Table Jan 2021
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jan 2021
Philadelphia Area Employment – November 2020 Employment News Release Jan 2021
Consumer Expenditures for the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area: 2018-19 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2020
County Employment and Wages in Delaware — Fourth Quarter 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2020
County Employment and Wages in the Delmarva Peninsula – Fourth Quarter 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2020
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Jan 2021
Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – December 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2021
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area – September 2020 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2020
Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – November 2020 Average energy prices News Release Dec 2020
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 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – May 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Oct 2020
Consumer Price Index, South Region – December 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2021
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 Occupational Injuries in Delaware — 2016 Workplace fatalities News Release Jun 2018