New Castle County, DE jobs, unemployment and layoffs

New Castle County’s unemployment rate is 4.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 643 open professional jobs are in its cities.

New Castle County economy

4.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.5% the month before
298,464
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

New Castle County layoffs

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

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in New Castle 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.

Qnity Electronics42 open roles
University of Delaware35 open roles
Astrazeneca31 open roles
JPMorgan Chase21 open roles
Agilent Technologies19 open roles
Hologic18 open roles
Incyte17 open roles
Allozymes16 open roles
DuPont de Nemours16 open roles
Nemours Children's Orlando14 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in New Castle County

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.

Colleges in New Castle County

Colleges in New Castle County
College	City	Type	Students
University of Delaware	Newark	Public 4-year	20,000+
Wilmington University	New Castle	Private nonprofit 4-year	10,000–19,999
Goldey-Beacom College	Wilmington	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Delaware Workforce Development Board
Serves all of Delaware

Newark American Job Center
Newark · Comprehensive · 302-453-4350
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon - Fri
Fox Valley American Job Center
Wilmington · Comprehensive · 302-761-8085
8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday

Cities in New Castle County

Wilmington403 jobs
Newark172 jobs
New Castle42 jobs
Middletown12 jobs
Newport7 jobs
Bear4 jobs
Hockessin3 jobs

Other Delaware counties

All of Delaware

Laid off or looking for work in New Castle County?

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See your options after a layoff

Sources: 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.