Unemployment continues to slowly rise in Delaware.
It’s up another tenth of a percent for the month of November -hitting 3.8%.
The rate has increased steadily since reaching 30-year lows this summer.
And November is the second straight month Delaware’s rate is higher than the nation’s. The national rate dropped back down to 3.5% last month —the lowest it’s been all year.
Non-farm jobs in Delaware have gone up over the past year.
According to the state Labor Department, Delaware has seen a 1.5% increase in non-farm jobs since November 2018, accounting for 7,100 First State jobs.
The national non-farm job rate saw an identical 1.5% increase over the same period.
The largest bump in the Delaware job market came from the leisure & hospitality sector, which added 2,300 jobs over the past year.
