Delaware jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Delaware economy

• 4.6%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  5.2% the month before

• 504,749

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 1,005,872

  people in Delaware

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $82,855

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 42%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Delaware outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs up 5.8% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 6.9% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.6%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+10,776 jobs), professional & technical (+2,788 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−3,262 jobs), management of companies (−976 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Delaware. Each link goes to the publisher.

• University of Delaware launches statewide survey on AI in the workplaceDelaware Business Times · Oct 13, 2026

Learn and get funded in Delaware

• Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Delaware layoffs

• 4

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 319

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 4

  employers

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Delaware

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

1. State of Delaware49 open roles
2. Qnity Electronics43 open roles
3. University of Delaware34 open roles
4. Sargent & Lundy31 open roles
5. I. K. Hofmann GmbH30 open roles
6. CSC28 open roles
7. Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company28 open roles
8. SAP27 open roles
9. Astrazeneca24 open roles
10. Bayer19 open roles
11. DuPont de Nemours18 open roles
12. Incyte17 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Delaware

• Lucid Motorsabout 6,500 employees (2023)
• TE Connectivity20,001–100,000 employees
• Incyte1,001–5,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Delaware

• 4

  public and private non-profit colleges

  Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

• about 69,500

  students enrolled

  Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Delaware

All 4 Delaware colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Delaware. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Delaware? How to file for unemployment in Delaware (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

• Delaware Workforce Development Board

  Serves all of Delaware

Job fairs and business events in Delaware

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Delaware.

• Small-business counselingNov 25, 2026 · Online · Free

  How to Submit an Award-Winning Small Business Week Nomination Packet

  SBDC / SBA partner: SBA Delaware & West Virginia District Offices

Delaware counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Delaware cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.