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News Releases:

Jul
02

Philadelphia Area Employment – May 2020

Total nonfarm employment for the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area stood at 2,569,400 in May 2020, down 416,300, or 13.9 percent, over the year.

Jun
11

Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – May 2020

Gasoline prices averaged $2.086 per gallon in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington area in May 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Jun
10

Consumer Price Index, South Region – May 2020

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

Delaware Economy at a Glance:

Delaware
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2020		 May
2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)488.9 488.9 489.3 477.4 463.5 (p)472.5

Employment(1)

 (r)469.5 469.5 470.0 453.6 394.2 (p)397.7

Unemployment(1)

 (r)19.4 19.4 19.2 23.8 69.3 (p)74.8

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)4.0 4.0 3.9 5.0 14.9 (p)15.8

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 465.9 469.3 472.4 465.3 387.9 (p)392.3

12-month % change

 0.6 0.9 1.6 -0.2 -16.7 (p)-15.6

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 22.5 23.2 23.2 23.0 20.2 (p)20.6

12-month % change

 -3.0 -0.4 0.9 -0.9 -11.8 (p)-10.0

Manufacturing(3)

 27.0 27.0 27.0 26.8 23.5 (p)23.9

12-month % change

 -1.1 -1.5 -1.5 -2.2 -14.2 (p)-12.1

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 82.3 82.6 82.7 82.7 69.0 (p)69.7

12-month % change

 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.3 -15.1 (p)-14.0

Information(4)

 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.5 (p)3.5

12-month % change

 -2.6 -2.6 -2.6 -5.1 -7.9 (p)-10.3

Financial Activities(3)

 47.6 47.8 47.6 47.3 46.9 (p)46.6

12-month % change

 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.8 -2.1 (p)-2.5

Professional & Business Services(3)

 62.2 63.8 65.4 64.9 56.0 (p)57.4

12-month % change

 0.2 0.9 3.2 2.2 -11.5 (p)-9.2

Education & Health Services(3)

 81.3 81.6 81.8 81.1 68.6 (p)69.6

12-month % change

 1.0 0.9 1.2 -0.1 -15.3 (p)-14.1

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

 53.2 53.3 53.4 49.5 22.6 (p)23.9

12-month % change

 1.9 1.9 2.3 -6.4 -57.4 (p)-55.0

Other Services(3)

 18.8 19.1 19.1 18.4 12.6 (p)13.4

12-month % change

 1.6 2.7 3.2 -0.5 -32.3 (p)-28.0

Government(3)

 67.2 67.1 68.4 67.9 65.0 (p)63.7

12-month % change

 0.7 1.2 2.9 2.1 -2.0 (p)-3.9

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
(r) Revised
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 Jul 2020
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ, Division Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jul 2020
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jul 2020
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Jul 2020
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Jul 2020
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jul 2020
Dover, DE: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jul 2020
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jul 2020
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jul 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2020
Mid-Atlantic - Employment Cost Index Benefits, Pay Table Jul 2020
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jul 2020
Philadelphia Area Employment – May 2020 Employment News Release Jul 2020
Consumer Expenditures for the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area: 2017-18 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2019
County Employment and Wages in Delaware — Fourth Quarter 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2019
County Employment and Wages in the Delmarva Peninsula – Fourth Quarter 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2019
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Jun 2020
Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – April 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release May 2020
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area – March 2020 Benefits, Pay News Release May 2020
Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – May 2020 Average energy prices News Release Jun 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 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2019
Consumer Price Index, South Region – May 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release Jun 2020
Unemployment in the Philadelphia Area by County – March 2020 Unemployment News Release May 2020
Unemployment on the Delmarva Peninsula by County – December 2019 Unemployment News Release May 2020
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Delaware — 2016 Workplace fatalities News Release Jun 2018