Posts Tagged ‘unemployment’
Delaware 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…
Read MoreDE Unemployment Unchanged, Sussex County Unemployment Sees Decrease
Delaware’s unemployment rate in April remained unchanged at 4.5% – while the national average remained steady at 3.6% However the number of jobs increased by 8000 and Delaware’s Labor Force Participation rate was 61.2% – a large increase from April of 2020 when it dropped to 59.4% – the lowest point on record. Sussex County…
Read MoreDel. Dept. of Labor Clarifies Questions About Workplace Vax Requirements
An employee who loses his or her job for not complying with a vaccine requirement could have a tough time obtaining unemployment benefits. The Delaware Department of Labor has determined that requirements of employers for employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19 are generally “reasonable.” And, under Delaware law, a claimant would not be eligible for…
Read MoreDE Unemployment Rate Falling Slowly, but Higher than National Average
Delaware’s unemployment picture for August was somewhat better over July and much better than a year ago. The state’s unemployment rate was a 5.4% – 2 tenths of a percent lower than July, but a year ago – it was at 7.9%. The national average in August was at 5.2% – a decrease of 2-tenth…
Read MoreDE’s May Unemployment Over National Average
Delaware’s May unemployment rate is slightly higher than the national average at 5.9% – the national rate is at 5.8%. In Sussex County the rate is at 4.4% – a drop from 5.6% in April. During the pandemic lock-down in May of last year there were 63,000 Delawareans unemployed, but as the pandemic restrictions were…
Read MoreUnemployed During The Pandemic? Guidance From DOL:
The Delaware Department of Labor says it’s actively working to implement provisions of a new COVID-19 relief bill, which extends certain federal unemployment benefits available under the CARES Act. The $300 per week benefit would be provided by the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Program. Specifics as to exactly how it will work are still unknown. The…
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