Ohio and U.S. Employment Situation (Seasonally Adjusted)

Ohio’s unemployment rate was 10.9 percent in April, down slightly from 11.0 percent in March, according to data released this morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment increased 37,300 over the month, from the revised 5,004,800 in March to 5,042,100 in April.

"Ohio’s job market showed slight improvement during April.," ODJFS Director Douglas Lumpkin said.  "The unemployment rate decreased slightly to 10.9 percent as the number of Ohioans with jobs increased in both the goods-producing and service-providing industries."

The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in April was 652,000, down from 656,000 in March. The number of unemployed has increased by 50,000 in the past 12 months from 602,000. The April unemployment rate for Ohio was up from 10.0 percent in April 2009.

The U.S. unemployment rate for April was 9.9 percent, up from 9.7 percent in March.

Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)

Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment advanced 37,300 over the month, from 5,004,800 in March to 5,042,100 in April, according to the latest business establishment survey conducted by ODJFS.

Service-providing industries increased 19,000 to 4,234,900. The largest gains were posted in professional and business services (+6,300) and leisure and hospitality (+5,200). The hiring of temporary census workers helped boost government 4,400. Other sectors with increased employment were educational and health services (+2,600), trade, transportation, and utilities (+1,300), and financial activities (+600). Employment in information (-1,200) and other services (-200) declined over the month. Goods-producing industries, at 807,200, advanced 18,300. Gains in durable goods (+8,700) and nondurable goods (+3,600) added 12,300 jobs to manufacturing. Also up were construction (+5,500) and mining and logging (+500).

Over the past 12 months, nonfarm payroll employment fell 72,000. Service-providing industries declined 39,900 over the year. Trade transportation, and utilities was down 24,500, while financial activities decreased 16,900. Losses also occurred in government (-5,700), information (-5,400), and other services (-2,500). Employment in educational and health services (+7,500), professional and business services (+4,100), and leisure and hospitality (+3,500) increased over the year. The workforce in goods-producing industries was 32,100 lower. Manufacturing dropped 20,000 due to losses in durable goods (-16,800) and nondurable goods (-3,200). Construction was down 12,100. Mining and logging was on par with April 2009.

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 April 2010 will be posted online at http://lmi.state.oh.us/laus/current.htm on Tuesday, May 25, 2010. May 2010 unemployment rates and nonagricultural wage and salary data for Ohio will be released by ODJFS on Friday, June 18, 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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Ohio unemployment Rate Map by County

Hamilton and Warren have caught up with Butler Counties locally, however Clermont County has reached a high by surpassing the other 3 by over 1%.

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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Ohio State Report is scheduled to be released later today 4-16 and the county map breakdown released 4-20. We will update both reports upon release.

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — MARCH 2010

Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in March, and the unemployment
rate held at 9.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Temporary help services and health care continued to add jobs over the month.
Employment in federal government also rose, reflecting the hiring of temporary
workers for Census 2010. Employment continued to decline in financial activi-
ties and in information.

Household Survey Data

In March, the number of unemployed persons was little changed at 15.0 million,
and the unemployment rate remained at 9.7 percent. (See table A-1.)

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (10.0 per-
cent), adult women (8.0 percent), teenagers (26.1 percent), whites (8.8 per-
cent), blacks (16.5 percent), and Hispanics (12.6 percent) showed little or no
change in March. The jobless rate for Asians was 7.5 percent, not seasonally
adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) in-
creased by 414,000 over the month to 6.5 million. In March, 44.1 percent of
unemployed persons were jobless for 27 weeks or more. (See table A-12.)

The civilian labor force participation rate (64.9 percent) and the employment-
population ratio (58.6 percent) continued to edge up in March. (See table A-1.)

The number of persons working part time for economic reasons (sometimes re-
ferred to as involuntary part-time workers) increased to 9.1 million in March.
These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back
or because they were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.)

About 2.3 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in March,
compared with 2.1 million a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.)
These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for
work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not
counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks pre-
ceding the survey. (See table A-16.)

Among the marginally attached, there were 1.0 million discouraged workers in
March, up by 309,000 from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.)
Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they be-
lieve no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.3 million persons margin-
ally attached to the labor force had not searched for work in the 4 weeks pre-
ceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibili-
ties. (See table A-16.)

Establishment Survey Data

In March, nonfarm payroll employment rose by 162,000. Job growth continued in tem-
porary help services and in health care. Federal government employment increased
due to the hiring of temporary workers for Census 2010. Job losses continued in
financial activities and in information. (See table B-1.)

Temporary help services added 40,000 jobs in March. Since September 2009, tempor-
ary help services employment has risen by 313,000.

Employment in health care continued to increase in March (27,000), with the larg-
est gains occurring in ambulatory health care services (16,000) and in nursing and
residential care facilities (9,000).

In March, employment in mining increased by 8,000. Monthly job gains in mining
have averaged 6,000 over the past 5 months.

Employment in federal government was up over the month, reflecting the hiring of
48,000 temporary workers for the decennial census.

Manufacturing employment continued to trend up in March (17,000); the industry has
added 45,000 jobs in the first 3 months of 2010. Over the month, job gains were
concentrated in fabricated metal products (9,000) and in machinery (6,000).

Employment in construction held steady (15,000) in March. The industry had lost an
average of 72,000 jobs per month in the prior 12 months.

Over the month, employment changed little in transportation and warehousing,
leisure and hospitality, retail trade, and wholesale trade.

In March, financial activities shed 21,000 jobs, with the largest losses occur-
ring in insurance carriers and related activities (-9,000). Employment in the
information industry decreased by 12,000.

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was up by
0.1 hour to 34.0 hours in March. The manufacturing workweek for all employees
increased by 0.2 hour to 39.9 hours, and factory overtime was up by 0.1 hour
over the month. In March, the average workweek for production and nonsuper-
visory employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.2 hour to 33.3
hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.)

In March, average hourly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls
fell by 2 cents, or 0.1 percent, to $22.47, following a 4-cent gain in February.
Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have risen by 1.8 percent. In
March, average hourly earnings of private production and nonsupervisory employ-
ees fell by 2 cents, or 0.1 percent, to $18.90. (See tables B-3 and B-8.)

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for January was revised from
-26,000 to +14,000, and the change for February was revised from -36,000 to
-14,000.

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The Employment Situation for April is scheduled to be released on Friday,
May 7, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).

For more data visit here: Employment Situation Summary

UnemploymentMap by county Dec 09

The latest numbers come out on October 20th, those numbers will reflect September.