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Ohio and U.S. Employment Situation (Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio's unemployment rate was 5.7 percent in April 2014, down from 6.1
percent in March. Ohio's nonfarm wage and salary employment increased
12,600 over the month, from a revised 5,285,000 in March to 5,297,600
in April.
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in April was 328,000, down
26,000 from 354,000 in March. The number of unemployed has decreased by
94,000 in the past 12 months from 422,000. The April unemployment rate
for Ohio was down from 7.3 percent in April 2013.
The U.S. unemployment rate for April was 6.3 percent, down from 6.7
percent in March, and down from 7.5 percent in April 2013.
Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio's nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 12,600 over
the month, from a revised 5,285,000 in March to 5,297,600 in April,
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 875,000, added 1,200 jobs from March.
Gains in manufacturing (+2,100) exceeded losses in construction (-900).
Mining and logging did not change over the month. The private
service-providing sector, at 3,667,900, increased 6,800. Job gains were
seen in trade, transportation, and utilities (+6,200), other services
(+2,900), leisure and hospitality (+1,100), and information (+400)
while employment declines occurred in educational and health services
(-2,800), professional and business services (-900), and financial
activities (-100). Government employment, at 754,700, added 4,600 jobs
in local (+2,000), state (+1,800) and federal (+800) government.
From April 2013 to April 2014, nonagricultural wage and salary
employment added 55,300 jobs. Goods-producing industries increased
19,700. Manufacturing gained 11,500 jobs in durable goods (+9,700) and
non-durable goods (+1,800). Construction added 7,600 jobs and mining
and logging employment increased 600. Private service-providing
industries added 40,200 jobs over the year. Employment increased in
professional and business services (+18,900), leisure and hospitality
(+8,900), trade, transportation, and utilities (+7,500), educational
and health services (+6,700), and other services (+3,100). Declines
were posted in financial activities (-4,100) and information (-800).
Government employment decreased 4,600 at the state (-1,900), local
(-1,600), and federal (-1,100) 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.
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