The unemployment rate in Delaware drops slightly again.
The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.6% in September down from 4.7% in August. This is the sixth straight month it declined.
The national rate was up a tick at 4.2% from 4.1%.
Area unemployment rates were mostly lower in September with the exception of Newark which jumped from 5.9% to 6.3%. The local unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted.
Delaware also saw fewer people unemployed last month. There were 23,400 unemployed Delawareans in September compared to 26,700 the previous month.
It wasn’t all good news for the state. The jobs numbers were lower with the seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment sitting at 495,800 compared to 496,600 in August.
The industries with the biggest declines last month were Leisure and Hospitality with 600 fewer jobs and Government which shed 500 jobs – 400 in state government.
The biggest increase was in the Trade, Transportation and Utilities industry which saw a 500 job gain from August to September.
But since September 2025, the state’s jobs numbers have seen a net gain of 2,100 or a 0.4% increase. That’s slightly outpacing the national growth rate of 0.3% during that same period.
