Wilmington, DE jobs, layoffs and employers

379 open professional jobs in Wilmington. Wilmington is in New Castle County.

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Employers hiring most in Wilmington

  1. Sargent & Lundy31 open roles
  2. Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company25 open roles
  3. Astrazeneca24 open roles
  4. CSC24 open roles
  5. Qnity Electronics23 open roles
  6. Nemours Childrens Health19 open roles
  7. DuPont de Nemours17 open roles
  8. Incyte17 open roles
  9. Nemours Children's Health12 open roles
  10. JPMorgan Chase11 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Wilmington

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

Wilmington layoffs

No layoff notices naming Wilmington in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Colleges in Wilmington

Colleges in Wilmington
CollegeTypeStudents
Goldey-Beacom CollegePrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999

Where Wilmington ranks

Where Wilmington placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

New Castle County 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 4.6% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 3.0% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.6%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+7,774 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+1,671 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,612 jobs), management of companies (−1,063 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Wilmington. 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).

  • Fox Valley American Job Center

    Wilmington · Comprehensive · 302-761-8085

    8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday

New Castle County economy

  • 4.6%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    5.1% the month before

  • 299,137

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 573,030

    people in New Castle County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $89,901

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 47%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: Layoff notices from Delaware’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Delaware unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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