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News Releases:

Apr
13

Consumer Price Index, South Region – March 2021

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South rose 0.8 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Apr
13

Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – March 2021

Gasoline prices averaged $2.989 per gallon in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington area in March 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Apr
08

Fatal Work Injuries in Delaware — 2019

Fatal work injuries totaled 18 in 2019 for Delaware, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Delaware Economy at a Glance:

Delaware
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2021

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)481.8 (r)481.9 (r)481.8 487.4 488.8 (p)489.5

Employment(1)

 (r)454.3 (r)454.0 (r)453.6 457.9 457.8 (p)457.8

Unemployment(1)

 (r)27.5 (r)27.9 (r)28.2 29.5 31.0 (p)31.6

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)5.7 (r)5.8 (r)5.9 6.1 6.3 (p)6.5

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 444.4 442.1 442.3 443.3 442.9 (p)445.2

12-month % change

 -4.8 -5.6 -5.4 -5.3 -5.4 (p)-4.3

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 22.4 22.6 22.5 22.5 22.7 (p)23.3

12-month % change

 -2.6 -2.2 -1.3 -4.3 -2.6 (p)0.4

Manufacturing(3)

 25.3 25.2 25.2 25.0 24.8 (p)25.0

12-month % change

 -7.3 -7.7 -8.0 -8.4 -8.1 (p)-7.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 81.3 80.8 81.9 80.9 81.4 (p)81.0

12-month % change

 1.0 0.5 1.1 0.2 0.7 (p)0.7

Information(4)

 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.6 (p)3.6

12-month % change

 -10.0 -10.0 -10.3 -7.7 -7.7 (p)-7.7

Financial Activities(3)

 46.8 46.8 46.5 47.0 46.8 (p)47.0

12-month % change

 -2.3 -2.1 -2.5 -1.7 -1.9 (p)-1.3

Professional & Business Services(3)

 61.1 60.0 60.6 61.6 61.5 (p)62.0

12-month % change

 -5.0 -6.8 -5.2 -4.6 -4.8 (p)-4.0

Education & Health Services(3)

 78.1 77.9 77.7 77.0 76.8 (p)77.7

12-month % change

 -3.6 -4.2 -4.4 -5.4 -6.0 (p)-4.7

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

 44.0 44.1 43.6 44.1 43.4 (p)43.9

12-month % change

 -17.0 -17.4 -18.4 -16.5 -17.8 (p)-13.4

Other Services(3)

 16.5 16.2 15.9 16.3 16.3 (p)16.6

12-month % change

 -12.2 -14.3 -15.9 -13.3 -13.3 (p)-11.7

Government(3)

 65.3 64.9 64.9 65.3 65.6 (p)65.1

12-month % change

 -2.8 -4.0 -3.6 -2.7 -2.7 (p)-3.4

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
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Apr 2021
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ, Division Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Apr 2021
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Apr 2021
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2021
Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2021
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2021
Dover, DE: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2021
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2021
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2021
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2021
Mid-Atlantic - Employment Cost Index Benefits, Pay Table Apr 2021
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Apr 2021
Philadelphia Area Employment – February 2021 Employment News Release Apr 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 Apr 2021
Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – February 2021 Consumer price indexes News Release Mar 2021
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area – December 2020 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2021
Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – March 2021 Average energy prices News Release Apr 2021
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 – March 2021 Consumer price indexes News Release Apr 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 Work Injuries in Delaware — 2019 Workplace fatalities News Release Apr 2021
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Delaware — 2020 Unemployment News Release Mar 2021