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Ohio and U.S.
Employment Situation (Seasonally Adjusted)
Editor’s Note: Darke County unemployment 4.3 percent
Ohio's unemployment rate was 5.6 percent in September 2014, down from
5.7 percent in August 2014. Ohio's nonfarm wage and salary employment
increased 6,000 over the month, from a revised 5,297,400 in August to
5,303,400 in September.
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in September was 319,000, down
5,000 from 324,000 in August. The number of unemployed has decreased by
110,000 in the past 12 months from 429,000. The September unemployment
rate for Ohio was down from 7.4 percent in September 2013.
The U.S. unemployment rate for September was 5.9 percent, down from 6.1
percent in August, and down from 7.2 percent in September 2013.
Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio's nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 6,000 over
the month, from a revised 5,297,400 in August to 5,303,400 in
September, according to the latest business establishment survey
conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
in cooperation with ODJFS.
Employment in goods-producing industries, at 879,000, increased 4,600
from August due to gains in manufacturing (+3,600) and construction
(+1,000). Mining and logging employment did not change over the month.
Employment in the private service-providing sector, at 3,659,900,
decreased 1,600. Job losses occurred in professional and business
services (-3,600), educational and health services (-2,100),
leisure and hospitality (-700), information (-400), and financial
activities (-300). Trade, transportation, and utilities (+4,400) and
other services (+1,100) added jobs. Government employment, at 764,500,
increased 3,000 as employment gains in state government (+6,400)
outweighed declines in local government (-3,400). Federal government
employment did not change over the month.
From September 2013 to September 2014, nonagricultural wage and salary
employment grew 32,700. Goods-producing industries added 16,300 jobs.
Manufacturing gained 15,700 jobs in durable goods (+11,500) and
non-durable goods (+4,200). Mining and logging employment increased 700
and construction lost 100 jobs. The private service-providing sector
added 11,800 jobs. Gains occurred in educational and health services
(+9,200), professional and business services (+7,800), trade,
transportation and utilities (+5,800), and other services (+4,200).
Employment declined in financial activities (-6,600), leisure and
hospitality (-6,200), and information (-2,400). Government employment
increased 4,600 over the year. Employment gains in state (+3,700) and
local (+1,000) government exceeded a small decline in federal
government (-100).
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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