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

Delaware’s unemployment rate is 4.7%. 1,021 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 4 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

Delaware economy

  • 4.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.0% the month before

  • 505,307

    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 layoffs

  • 4

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 319

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 4

    employers

WARN notices filed in Delaware, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
FortrexDunwoody145—State record
JeniusBankNew York106—State record
ConduentFlorham Park1—State record
Atlas Hospitality Group, LLCBaltimore67—State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Delaware

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

  1. State of Delaware62 open roles
  2. Qnity Electronics42 open roles
  3. SAP40 open roles
  4. University of Delaware35 open roles
  5. I. K. Hofmann GmbH34 open roles
  6. Astrazeneca31 open roles
  7. JPMorgan Chase26 open roles
  8. Agilent Technologies20 open roles
  9. DSV19 open roles
  10. Hannover Re18 open roles
  11. Allozymes17 open roles
  12. DuPont de Nemours17 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Delaware

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 nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 69,500

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Delaware

Largest colleges in Delaware
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of DelawareNewarkPublic 4-year20,000+
Wilmington UniversityNew CastlePrivate nonprofit 4-year10,000–19,999
Delaware State UniversityDoverPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Goldey-Beacom CollegeWilmingtonPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

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.

4 American Job Centers in 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.

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.

Laid off or looking for work in Delaware?

See what to do first, what Delaware unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN 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. Delaware unemployment benefits.