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Ohio and U.S.
Employment Situation (Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio's unemployment rate was 5.2 percent in April 2015, up from 5.1
percent in March. Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment increased
6,400 over the month, from a revised 5,388,600 in March to 5,395,000 in
April 2015.
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in April was 297,000, up 3,000
from 294,000 in March. The number of unemployed has decreased by 39,000
in the past 12 months from 336,000. The April unemployment rate for
Ohio was down from 5.9 percent in April 2014.
The U.S. unemployment rate for April was 5.4 percent, down from 5.5
percent in March and down from 6.2 percent in April 2014.
Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio's nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 6,400 over
the month, from a revised 5,388,600 in March to 5,395,000 in April
2015, 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 896,700, added 4,100 jobs as gains in
manufacturing (+5,200) exceeded losses in construction (-1,000) and
mining and logging (-100). The private service-providing sector, at
3,741,500, added 4,500 jobs. Employment gains in professional and
business services (+4,700), educational and health services (+2,700),
information (+1,100), and financial activities (+100) surpassed losses
in trade, transportation, and utilities(-1,800), leisure and
hospitality (-1,300), and other services (-1,000). Government
employment, at 756,800, decreased 2,200 as losses in local government
(-3,200) offset gains in federal (+800) and state (+200) government.
From April 2014 to April 2015, nonagricultural wage and salary
employment grew 74,300. Goods-producing industries increased 16,800.
Manufacturing added 19,100 jobs in durable goods (+14,600) and
nondurable goods (+4,500), mining and logging increased 700, while
construction decreased 3,000. The private service-providing sector
increased 59,900. Employment gains in leisure and hospitality
(+22,900), trade, transportation, and utilities (+13,800), educational
and health services (+10,400), financial activities (+7,500),
professional and business services (+4,400), and other services
(+1,000) surpassed losses in information (-100). Government employment
decreased 2,400 due to losses in local government (-5,000) outweighed
gains in state government (+2,600). Federal government did not change
over the year.
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