Sussex County, DE jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Sussex County economy
4.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.6% the month before
123,885
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
247,799
people in Sussex County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$78,162
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Sussex County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Sussex 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 Sussex 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.
- Beebe Healthcare9 open roles
- Perdue Farms6 open roles
- BAYADA Home Health Care2 open roles
- Halliburton2 open roles
- PNC Financial Services Group2 open roles
- Upstream Rehabilitation2 open roles
- Aloft AeroArchitects1 open role
- Atwell1 open role
- Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company1 open role
- Carters1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Sussex County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Delaware Workforce Development Board
Serves all of Delaware
Georgetown American Job Center
Georgetown · Comprehensive · 302-761-8085
8:00am to 4:30pm Monday - Friday
Cities in Sussex County
- Lewes11 jobs
- Georgetown9 jobs
- Milford6 jobs
- Seaford4 jobs
- Millsboro3 jobs
- Rehoboth Beach3 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.