Kent County, DE jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Kent County economy
5.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
6.2% the month before
82,566
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
185,043
people in Kent County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$72,872
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Kent County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Kent County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Kent County
Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.
- Hovnanian Enterprises3 open roles
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical3 open roles
- Alldus2 open roles
- Humana2 open roles
- K. Hovnanian Homes2 open roles
- Teradata2 open roles
- Universal Health Services2 open roles
- Above Expectations1 open role
- Agriculture, Rural Development1 open role
- Akamai1 open role
Colleges in Kent County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware State University | Dover | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Kent County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Delaware Workforce Development Board
Serves all of Delaware
Dover American Job Center
Dover · Comprehensive · 302-739-5473
Monday - Friday, 8:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
Cities in Kent County
- Dover47 jobs
- Smyrna10 jobs
- Harrington2 jobs
Other Delaware counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Delaware’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.