Ohio's unemployment rate was 10.8 percent in January, unchanged from the revised rate of 10.8 percent in December, according to data released this morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment decreased 12,800 over the month, from 4,998,400 in December to 4,985,600 in January.
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in January was 641,000, up from 638,000 in December. The number of unemployed has increased by 126,000 in the past 12 months from 515,000. The January unemployment rate for Ohio was up from 8.6 percent in January 2009.
The U.S. unemployment rate for January was 9.7 percent, down from 10.0 percent in December.
Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment fell 12,800 over the month, from 4,998,400 in December to 4,985,600 in January, according to the latest business establishment survey conducted by ODJFS.
Employment in service-providing industries, at 4,196,000, was 11,300 lower. Declines were posted in financial activities (-4,700), trade, transportation, and utilities (-4,600), educational and health services (-4,300), and government (-2,600). Employment was up in professional and business services (+2,800), leisure and hospitality (+2,000), and information (+100). Other services was little changed. Goods-producing industries, at 789,600, decreased 1,500. Construction was down 4,200, while an increase in durable goods added 2,700 jobs to manufacturing. Employment was unchanged in mining and logging and nondurable goods.
Over the year, nonfarm wage and salary employment dropped 222,000. Declines in most sectors reduced service-providing employment 125,700. The most significant decreases occurred in trade, transportation, and utilities (-51,600) and professional and business services (-32,300). Other sectors with lower employment were financial activities (-17,900), government (-12,300), information (-6,000 ), other services (-4,200), and leisure and hospitality (-4,000). Educational and health services advanced 2,600. Goods-producing industries decreased 96,300. Manufacturing was down 65,000 due to losses in durable goods (-51,200) and nondurable goods (-13,800). Construction dropped 30,400, while mining and logging decreased 900.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This release incorporates revised data for 2009 as part of the annual revision process. 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 www.ohiomeansjobs.com.
News release dates
A calendar of 2010 release dates is available online at
http://lmi.state.oh.us/laus/releases.htm County, city and metropolitan area unemployment rates for January 2010 will be posted online at
http://lmi.state.oh.us/laus/current.htm on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. February 2010 unemployment rates and nonagricultural wage and salary data for Ohio will be released by ODJFS on Friday, March 19, 2010. This information and the monthly statistical summaries it is based on are also available at
http://jfs.ohio.gov/releases.
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