By: Staff Report
news@wbcowqel.com
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services released the state’s unemployment report for May. May’s jobless rate held steady at 5.2 percent, unchanged from April. However, the state did realize an increase of 12,000 jobs during May in nonfarm and salary employment.
The net increase in unemployed workers from April to May was 5,000 and now totals 302,000. The number of employed workers in the state for May was just over 5.4 million.
The U.S. employment rate grew by 1/10th of a percent to 5.5 for May.
Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 12,000 over the month, from 5,395,000 in April to 5,407,000 in May 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 897,600, added 1,900 jobs as gains in manufacturing (+1,500) and construction (+600) exceeded losses in mining and logging (-200). The private service-providing sector, at 3,753,500, added 11,400 jobs. Employment gains in professional and business services (+6,300), trade, transportation, and utilities (+4,000), other services (+2,400), educational and health services (+1,000), and financial activities (+500) surpassed losses in leisure and hospitality (-2,400) and information (-400). Government employment, at 755,900, decreased 1,300 as losses in local (-2,400) and federal (-500) government exceeded gains in state government (+1,600).
From May 2014 to May 2015, nonagricultural wage and salary employment grew 76,700. Goods-producing industries increased 13,200. Manufacturing added 17,100 jobs in durable goods (+11,900) and nondurable goods (+5,200), mining and logging increased 400, and construction decreased 4,300. The private service-providing sector added 68,000 jobs. Employment gains in leisure and hospitality (+21,200), trade, transportation, and utilities (+17,200), educational and health services (+10,600), professional and business services (+8,700), financial activities (+7,100), and other services (+3,400) surpassed losses in information (-200). Government employment decreased 4,500 as losses in local (-8,600) and federal (-700) government outweighed a gain in state government (+4,800).