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Dayton
Business Journal...
Ohio unemployment
down to 9.4%
Friday, March 4, 2011
More Ohioans found jobs in January.
Ohio’s unemployment rate fell to 9.4 percent in January, thanks to
payroll gains, the state Department of Job and Family Services reported
Friday.
The unemployment rate was down from 9.5 percent in December, a
downwardly revised tally from the 9.6 percent rate initially reported.
That accounts for a nearly 32,000-worker boost in nonfarm payroll to
about 5.07 million. At the same time, the ranks of those out of work
and actively seeking a job fell by 9,000 to 551,000.
Most of the job gains in January came from the state’s much larger
service sector, up 23,300 for the month. The smaller goods-producing
trade, which includes manufacturing and construction, grew by 8,600
jobs, the department said.
The state’s January jobless rate is only slightly ahead of the national
unemployment rate of 9 percent. Federal data released Friday show the
February unemployment rate fell slightly to 8.9 percent as employment
grew by 192,000 jobs.
The Dayton region’s unemployment fell below 10 percent in December.
February data for Ohio are set to be released March 18.
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