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Ohio
Jobs & Family Services
Ohio
and U.S. Employment Situation (Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio's
unemployment rate was 7.0 percent in January, up from 6.7
percent in December, according to data released this morning by the
Ohio
Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS).
Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary
employment increased 3,800 over the month
from the revised 5,175,000 in December to 5,178,800 in January.
The
number of workers unemployed in Ohio in January was 399,000,
up from 385,000 in December. The
number
of unemployed has decreased by 42,000 in the past 12 months from
441,000. The
December unemployment rate for Ohio was
down from 7.6 percent in January 2012.
The
U.S. unemployment rate for January was 7.9 percent, up from
7.8 percent in December, and down from 8.3 percent in January 2012.
Total
Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Seasonally
Adjusted)
Ohio’s
nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 3,800
over the month, from a revised 5,175,000 in December 2012 to 5,178,800
in
January 2013, 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 851,400 added 3,900 jobs from
December. Construction
(+2,100),
manufacturing (+1,600), and mining and logging (+200) grew over the
month. Private
service-providing industries, at
3,578,800, gained 800 jobs in the same time period.
Job gains occurred in educational and
health
services (+8,000), information (+1,600), and other services (+600). Job
losses
were seen in trade, transportation, and utilities (-4,300), financial
activities (-3,200), professional and business services (-1,200), and
leisure
and hospitality (-700). Government employment, at 748,600, declined 900. Decreases in state
government (-1,800) and
federal government (-400) outweighed growth in local government
(+1,300).
From
January 2012 to January 2013, nonagricultural wage and salary
employment rose 29,100.
Goods-producing
industries increased 4,300 over the year.
Manufacturing added 9,300 jobs through
gains
in durable goods (+5,200) and nondurable goods (+4,100). Mining and logging added
200 jobs while
construction declined 5,200. Private
service-providing industries added 35,900 jobs.
Gains were posted in educational and
health services (+17,000), leisure
and hospitality (+8,900), trade, transportation, and utilities
(+5,200),
professional and business services (+2,900), other services (+1,800),
and
financial activities (+1,000). Over-the-year declines were seen in
information
(-900). Government employment decreased 11,100 through losses in local
government (-5,800), state government (-3,600), and federal government
(-1,700).
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