How many job openings are there in Delaware?

Delaware had 23K job openings as of Dec 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS).

How many people were hired in Delaware recently?

Delaware recorded 18K hires in Dec 2025, according to the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. This tallies all payroll additions in the period, regardless of whether headcount grew overall.

What is the quits rate in Delaware?

13K workers voluntarily quit their jobs in Delaware during Dec 2025. The quits rate was 2.6%. Economists treat the quits rate as a proxy for worker confidence in the job market, a rising rate usually means people feel secure enough to move on.

How many layoffs happened in Delaware?

There were 5K layoffs and discharges in Delaware during Dec 2025. This figure includes involuntary separations initiated by the employer, including layoffs with no intent to rehire and discharges for cause.

What are total separations in Delaware?

Total separations in Delaware reached 19K in Dec 2025. The figure covers every way a worker can leave a job in JOLTS accounting, quits, layoffs, discharges, retirements, and intra-firm transfers alike.

State · BLS JOLTS · Dec 2025

Delaware Labor Market

Monthly job openings, hires, quits, and layoffs for Delaware from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. State tables often lag the national release (see homepage disclosure).

Compiled by PlainLabor · August 17, 2026

23K
Job openings: 18K
Hires: 2.6%
Quits rate: 12th
Of 51 states (openings rate, 3-month average)

BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-10 Delaware

23K openings · 4.4% rate · 18K hires · Dec 2025

OPEN 23K
RATE 4.4%
RANK 12th
HIRE 18K
QUIT 2.6%
LAY 5K
YOY -8.0%
PHOTO Maryland

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Maryland (4.4%)

Openings-rate neighbourhood · Dec 2025 (this state highlighted)

Delaware is 12th of 51 states by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed roster. Read Maryland →

Labor market health score

B+

Labor market health score

76/100

Delaware, weighted across 3 of 3 tracked dimensions

A weighted composite of the job openings, hires, and quits rates against every other state's same-month JOLTS data. It describes the latest reported month, not a forecast, and does not weigh wages, cost of living, or industry mix.

Job openings rate B+ 4.4%

Job openings as a share of employment plus openings, latest month
Hires rate C+ 3.6%

Hires as a share of employment, latest month
Quits rate A- 2.6%

Voluntary quits as a share of employment — a worker-confidence signal

Delaware is 42nd of 51 by openings volume but 11th by latest-month openings rate, so size is not tightness.

Tight rate band

Delaware sits in the tightest openings-rate third

Dec 2025 openings rate only (not the hero's multi-month average). Delaware is 11th of 51; rates are openings per 100 jobs, not job quality. Signature: 11th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (4.4%).

Delaware among state openings rates · Dec 2025

Delaware openings rate vs this month's observed state ceiling

Delaware sits at 11th of 51 in the full latest-month board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this state.

Delaware openings fell 8% year over year

Monthly job openings in Delaware from the BLS JOLTS survey, in thousands. The current openings rate is 4.4%.

Openings vs. quits

Where Delaware sits: Hot & confident

Each point is one state, Dec 2025: openings rate on the x-axis, voluntary quits rate on the y-axis. A hot job market does not reliably make workers confident enough to quit and chase it, and across the full 51-state table the two rates correlate only weakly. Delaware's own openings rate is 4.4% against a 4% average, and its quits rate is 2.6% against a 2.2% average.