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Unemployment in Delaware Increased in December While Sussex County Saw Decrease
Unemployment in Delaware has increased from 4.9% in November to 5.2% in December – while the national average decreased from 4.5% in November to 4.4% in December. In Sussex County unemployment dropped from 5.4% in November to 5.1% in December. The Department of Labor shows that there were 26,600 unemployed Delawareans in December 2025 compared…
Read MoreUnemployment in Delaware Increased in August
Unemployment has increased in Delaware from 4.1% in July to 4.3% in August. The national rate also saw a slight increase to 4.3%. In Sussex County, unemployment increased from 4% in July to 4.4% in August. Delaware Department of Labor officials say that nearly two-thirds of August’s year-over-year job growth came from the Private Education…
Read MoreUnemployment in Sussex County Remains Steady at 4%
Unemployment in Delaware increased by a tenth of a point from June to July to 4.1% – while the rate in Sussex County remained unchanged at 4%. The national rate also increased slightly to 4.2% in July. According to the Department of Labor, there were 21,000 unemployed Delawareans in July of this year – compared…
Read MoreDelaware Labor Review for June
Unemployment in Delaware remained steady from May to June at 4% while the national unemployment rate decreased slightly from 4.2% in May to 4.1% in June. In Sussex County unemployment increased from 3.7% in May to 4% in June. The Private Education and Health Services sector added 1300 jobs in Delaware – generating the largest…
Read MoreDE Unemployment Increases but Decreases in Sussex County
Unemployment in Delaware increased from 3.7% in March to 3.9% in April while the national average remained steady at 4.2%. However in Sussex County the average dropped from 4.1% in March to 3.9% in April. According to the Delaware Department of Labor, the Private Education and Health Service sectors grew by 3300 jobs over-the-year –…
Read MoreDelaware Unemployment Remains Steady & Lower than the National Average
While the national unemployment average ticked up to 4.1% in February from 4% in January, Delaware’s unemployment average remained steady at 3.6%. However the Sussex County unemployment rate increased from 4.2% in January to 4.4% in February. According to the Delaware Department of Labor, the Labor Force Participation rate set a record low at 59%…
Read MoreUnemployment in DE Remains Steady, but Sussex County Increases 1%
Unemployment in Delaware remained steady at 3.6% from December to January – and lower than the national rate of 4%. In Sussex County unemployment increased from 3.2% in December to 4.2% in January. The Office of Occupational and Labor Market Information has released its annual revisions to prior-year employment estimates. Private Education and Health Services…
Read MoreDE Unemployment Drops; DE Labor Force at Lowest Rate Since 1976
Delaware’s unemployment rate has dropped from 3.9% in November to 3.7% in December and remains lower than the national unemployment rate of 4.1% in December. However in Sussex County unemployment increased from November to December from 3.1% to 3.2%. According to the Department of Labor, Delaware’s labor force fell to 502,700 – a 14-consecutive month…
Read MoreUnemployment in Delaware Lower than National Average in October
Unemployment in Delaware dropped in October to 4% – from 4.2% in September – and is also lower than a year ago. The Department of Labor showed unemployment in Delaware in October of 2023 at 4.1%. The national average remained unchanged from September at 4.1%. However Sussex County showed a slight increase in unemployment from…
Read MoreDE Unemployment Remains Steady
Delaware’s unemployment rate remained the same from August to September – at 4.2% while the national rate dropped from 4.2% to 4.1%. In Sussex County unemployment fell from 4% in August to 3.1% in September – which is still lower than 3.7% a year ago. The unemployment rates for all three Delaware counties were lower…
Read MoreDE & National Unemployment Equal – Sussex County Unemployment Lower
Unemployment in Delaware increased a tenth of a percent to 4.2% in August – matching the national unemployment rate which fell a tenth of a percent. In Sussex County unemployment fell from 4.2% in July to 3.9% in August. According the the Delaware Department of Labor there were 5100 more jobs in August than a…
Read MoreDE Unemployment Remains Lower than National Average
Delaware’s unemployment remains slightly lower than the national average – however both rose a tenth of a percentage from May to June. Delaware’s unemployment is at 4% – the national average at 4.1%. Sussex County’s unemployment increased from 3.7% in May to 4% in June. Total non-farm jobs were 8000 jobs higher than a year…
Read MoreDE Unemployment Rates Steady
The unemployment rate for Sussex County in May remained steady from April at 3.8% and the statewide rate remained steady from April at 3.9% while the national rate increased from 3.9% to 4% in May. The largest increases in over-the-year job growth since May of 2023 was in the Private Education and Health Services sector…
Read MoreDE Unemployment Unchanged – Matches National Average at 3.9%
Delaware’s statewide unemployment rate for April was unchanged from March at 3.9% – while the national average increased a tenth of a percent to 3.9% in April – the first time the two have been equal since January of 2020! Delaware’s unemployment rate has been higher than the national average for 33 consecutive months –…
Read MoreDE Job Growth Slows; Unemployment Slightly Lower
Unemployment in Delaware and nationally dropped a tenth of a percent in March. The Delaware average dropped to 3.9% and national unemployment average dropped to 3.8%. In Sussex County unemployment dropped from 4.3% to 4.1% for March. Jobs in the First State have been growing since Covid – with 18,100 more jobs as of January…
Read MoreUnemployment in DE Lower for February
Unemployment in Delaware dropped a tenth of a percent in February to 4% from 4.1% in January, while the national average increased two-tenths of a percent to 3.9%. In Sussex County unemployment also dropped two-tenths of a percent from 4.5% to 4.3% in February. Earlier this month, the Office of Occupational & Labor Market Information…
Read MoreDE Upstate Unemployment Steady, Sussex County Increased
Unemployment in Delaware has remained at 4.1% for the past several months while the national average has held at 3.7% since November. However in Sussex County the unemployment rate jumped from 3.9% in December to 4.5% in January. Over-the-year job growth was driven largely by the Private Education and Health sector – which grew by…
Read MoreLabor Review for November
Unemployment in Sussex County dropped 2-tenths of a percent to 3.8% in November from 4% in October. Statewide the unemployment rate was at 4.2% – unchanged from October, while the national rate is at 3.7% a drop of 2-tenths of a percent from October. Delaware recorded it’s second lowest labor force participation in February and…
Read MoreUnemployment Increased Slightly in October
Unemployment increased a tenth of a percent in October both in Delaware and nationally. However in Sussex County – unemployment increased from 3.8’% in September to 4% in October. Statewide unemployment in Delaware is at 4.2% for October – with the national unemployment rate at 3.9%, Over the past year, the biggest over-the-year job changes…
Read MoreDelaware Unemployment Shows Slight Drop but Higher than National Average
Delaware’s unemployment rate remains above the national average of 3.5% – at 4.1%, but is a tenth of a percent lower that in June. It is the lowest level for the state since February of 2020. In Sussex County the unemployment rate dropped from 3.7% in June to 3.5% in July. The Delaware Department of…
Read MoreDE Unemployment Down Slightly
Delaware’s unemployment rate has dropped a tenth of a percent to 4.3% for April – still nearly a full percentage point higher than the national average at 3.4%. In Sussex County, unemployment is at 4% in April – a drop from 4.5% in March. There were 21,500 unemployed Delawareans in April of this year, which…
Read MoreDE Statewide Unemployment Remains Steady
Delaware unemployment statewide remained steady for the second month in a row a 4.6%, but decreased in Sussex County from 5% in January to 4.9% in February. The national unemployment increased 2-tenths of a percent in February to 3.6%. While there has been little movement in the unemployment rated – the state’s labor force participation…
Read MoreMore Jobs in January, but Sussex Unemployment Increased
There were over 14,000 more jobs in Delaware in January than a year ago – and 2300 more jobs than in December! Delaware’s unemployment rate held steady at 4.6% – while the national unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a percent to 3.4%. In Sussex County – the unemployment rate increased from 4.5% in December…
Read MoreDelaware Unemployment Unchanged in December
Delaware’s unemployment rate was unchanged from November to December at 4.4% while the national average dropped from 3.6% in November to 3.5% in December. In Sussex County unemployment increased by 1 tenth of a percent in December. The Delaware Department of Labor says the state’s Labor Participation Rate fell to 60.2 – a decrease of…
Read MoreDelaware Legislation to Increase Post-Pandemic Related Unemployment Relief Passes House
Claimants receiving unemployment benefits in relation to the Covid-19 situation might see their weekly compensation amount go up soon. This legislation, which has passed the House, provides post-pandemic related relief to both claimants receiving unemployment benefits and employers who are assessed unemployment taxes. This bill will increase the maximum weekly benefit amount payable to claimants…
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