Ohio and U.S. Employment Situation (Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio’s unemployment rate rose to 11.0 percent in March, up from 10.9 percent in February, according to data released this morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment increased 4,900 over the month, from 4,996,600 in February to 5,001,500 in March.
"There was little change in Ohio’s job market during March.," ODJFS Director Douglas Lumpkin said. "The number of Ohioans with jobs increased slightly as the unemployment rate edged up to 11.0 percent."
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in March was 655,000, up from 648,000 in February. The number of unemployed has increased by 77,000 in the past 12 months from 578,000. The March unemployment rate for Ohio was up from 9.6 percent in March 2009.
The U.S. unemployment rate for March was 9.7 percent, unchanged from February.
Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment, at 5,001,500 in March, was up 4,900 from February according to the latest business establishment survey conducted by ODJFS.
Goods-producing industries increased 3,400 to 786,000. Manufacturing advanced 2,900 as a gain in durable goods (+3,400) exceeded a decrease in nondurable goods (-500). Construction added 500 jobs, while mining and logging was little changed. Service-providing industries rose 1,500 to 4,215,500. Improvements were posted in trade, transportation, and utilities (+2,800), other services (+1,600), and government (+1,400). Employment declined in financial activities (-2,600), leisure and hospitality (-1,500), information (-100), and professional and business services (-100). Total employment in educational and health services was unchanged.
Over the past 12 months, nonagricultural wage and salary employment fell 147,000. The goods-producing sector was down 74,500. Manufacturing employment dropped 44,500 due to losses in durable goods (-36,200) and nondurable goods (-8,300). The construction workforce declined 29,400. Mining and logging decreased 600. Employment in service-providing industries was 72,500 lower. The most significant declines occurred in trade, transportation, and utilities (-34,100) and financial activities (-18,600). Also down were professional and business services (-8,400), government (-6,000), information (-5,200), leisure and hospitality (-3,800), and other services ( 2,600). Educational and health services advanced 6,200.
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 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (614) 752-9494 end_of_the_skype_highlighting. 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 March 2010 will be posted online at http://lmi.state.oh.us/laus/current.htm on Tuesday, April 20, 2010. April 2010 unemployment rates and nonagricultural wage and salary data for Ohio will be released by ODJFS on Friday, May 21, 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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