Press release
There isn’t a lot of difference in the unemployment rate in Ohio over the last year, but what little movement there has been has been in the wrong direction. The September employment report for the month of September from the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services is shown below.
Ohio and U.S. Employment Situation (Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio’s unemployment rate was 4.8 percent in September 2016, up from 4.7 percent in August. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment decreased 3,100 over the month, from a revised 5,501,000 in August to 5,497,900 in September 2016.
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in September was 275,000, up 4,000 from 271,000 in August. The number of unemployed has increased by 12,000 in the past 12 months from 263,000. The September unemployment rate for Ohio was 0.2 percentage points higher than the September 2015 rate of 4.6 percent.
The U.S. unemployment rate for September was 5.0 percent, up from 4.9 percent in August and down from 5.1 percent in September 2015.
Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment decreased 3,100 over the month, from a revised 5,501,000 in August to 5,497,900 in September 2016, 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 899,700, lost 3,800 jobs in construction (-2,600) and manufacturing (-1,200). Mining and logging did not change over the month. The private service-providing sector, at 3,816,300, added 3,500 jobs. Employment gains in financial activities (+2,900), other services (+2,700), professional and business services (+1,800), and information (+600) exceeded losses in leisure and hospitality (-2,600), educational and health services (-1,000), and trade, transportation, and utilities (-900). Government employment, at 781,900, decreased 2,800 as losses in state government (-4,200) outweighed gains in local (+1,100) and federal (+300) government.
From September 2015 to September 2016, nonagricultural wage and salary employment grew 73,400. Employment in goods-producing industries increased 1,900. Construction added 4,300 jobs, mining and logging lost 2,300 jobs, and manufacturing lost 100 jobs as losses in durable goods (-9,000) surpassed gains in nondurable goods (+8,900). The private service-providing sector added 57,400 jobs in educational and health services (+17,600), leisure and hospitality (+12,600), trade, transportation, and utilities (+8,600), other services (+8,600), financial activities (+7,100), professional and business services (+2,600), and information (+300). Government employment increased 14,100 in state (+6,400), local (+5,900), and federal (+1,800) government.