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Ohio and U.S. Employment
Situation (Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio's unemployment rate
was 6.1 percent in March 2014, down from 6.5 percent in February,
according to data released this morning by the Ohio Department of Job
and Family Services (ODJFS). Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary
employment increased 600 over the month, 5,282,300 in February to
5,282,900 in March.
The number of workers
unemployed in Ohio in March was 353,000, down 24,000 from 377,000 in
February. The number of unemployed has decreased by 68,000 in the
past 12 months from 421,000. The March unemployment rate for Ohio was
down from 7.3 percent in March 2013.
The U.S. unemployment rate
for March was 6.7 percent, unchanged from February, and down from 7.5
percent in March 2013.
Total Nonagricultural Wage
and Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio’s nonagricultural
wage and salary employment increased 600 over the month, from a
revised 5,282,300 in February to 5,282,900 in March, according to the
latest business establishment survey conducted by the U.S. Department
of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics) in cooperation with ODJFS.
Goods-producing industries,
at 873,800, added 1,000 jobs from February. Gains in construction
(+4,600) were partially offset by losses in manufacturing (-3,500)
and mining and logging (-100). The private service-providing sector,
at 3,658,900, increased 2,800. Job gains were seen in leisure and
hospitality (+4,800), professional and business services (+3,200),
and educational and health services (+2,400). Losses occurred in
trade, transportation, and utilities (-4,900), other services
(-1,600), financial activities (-900), and information (-200).
Government employment, at 750,200, decreased 3,200. Local and federal
government lost 3,500 and 100 jobs respectively, while state
government added 400 jobs.
From March 2013 to March
2014, nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 53,600.
Goods-producing industries increased 18,300. Manufacturing gained
9,800 jobs in durable goods (+8,600) and non-durable goods (+1,200).
Construction added 7,800 jobs and mining and logging employment
increased 700. Private service-providing industries added 41,900 jobs
over the year. Employment increased in professional and business
services (+24,000), leisure and hospitality (+11,000), educational
and health services (+10,900), other services (+1,200), and trade,
transportation, and utilities (+1,100). Over-the-year employment
declines occurred in financial activities (-3,700) and information
(-2,600). Government employment decreased 6,600 at the local
(-2,700), state (-2,400), and federal (-1,500) levels.
EDITOR’S NOTE: All data
cited are produced in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor.
Data sources include Current Population Survey (U.S. data); Current
Employment Statistics Program (nonagricultural wage and salary
employment data); and Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(Ohio unemployment rates). More complete listings of the data appear
in the monthly Ohio Labor Market Review. Unemployment rates for all
Ohio counties, as well as cities with populations of 50,000 or more,
are presented in the monthly ODJFS Civilian Labor Force Estimates
publication. Updated statewide historical data may be obtained by
contacting the Bureau of Labor Market Information at (614) 752-9494.
Ohioans can access tens of thousands of job openings, for positions
ranging from file clerks to CEOs, at http://ohiomeansjobs.com.
News release dates
A calendar of 2014 release
dates is available online at http://OhioLMI.com/laus/releases.htm.
County, city and metropolitan area unemployment rates for March 2014
will be posted online at http://OhioLMI.com/laus/current.htm on
Tuesday, April 22. April 2014 unemployment rates and nonagricultural
wage and salary data for Ohio will be released by ODJFS on Friday,
May 16, 2014 . This information and the monthly statistical summaries
it is based on are also available at http://jfs.ohio.gov/ocomm.
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