Ohio Unemployment Rate for March 2016 Released
/Ohio's March 2016 unemployment rate increased to 5.1% from 5.0% in February, continuing a steady climb since the fourteen year low of 4.4% in October 2015.
Read MoreOhio Unemployment Rate for February 2016 Released
/Ohio's February 2016 unemployment rate remained unchanged from January 2016 at 4.9%. This is an increase from 4.8% for December and 4.5% for November 2015. It had reached a fourteen year low of 4.4% in October 2015. The number of unemployed increased from January by 6,000 to a total of 285,000. The largest losses in jobs were state government losing 2,800 jobs, manufacturing losing 2,300, and leisure and hospitality reduced by 2,200.
Read MoreOhio Unemployment Rate for January 2016 Released
/Ohio's January 2016 unemployment rate increased again to 4.9% from 4.8% in December and 4.5% in November 2015. It had reached a fourteen year low of 4.4% in October 2015. The number of unemployed increased from December by 6,000 to a total of 279,000. The largest losses in jobs were professional and business services losing 6,500 jobs and local government jobs losing 5,500.
Read MoreOhio Unemployment Rate for December 2015 Released
/Ohio's December 2015 unemployment rate increased to 4.7% from 4.5% in November 2015 and the fourteen year low of 4.4% in October 2015, with the number of unemployed increasing from November by 14,000 to a total of 269,000.
Read MoreNational Employment Figures Show Increase in Jobs though Stagnant Unemployment Rate
/Job figures for December show a better than expected increase of jobs while the unemployment rate remained unchanged for the third month in a row, as did the numbers of long-term unemployed, involuntary part-time workers, and people marginally attached to the labor force.
Read MoreOhio Unemployment Rate for November 2015 Released
/Ohio's November 2015 unemployment rate increased slightly to 4.5% from a fourteen year low of 4.4% in October, with the number of unemployed increasing from October by 6,000 to a total of 255,000.
Read MoreOhio Unemployment Rate for October 2015 Released
/The Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services released the unemployment rate for October 2015, reporting that it decreased to 4.4% from 4.5% in September. This is also down from 5.2% in October 2014. The October 2015 rate is reported to be the lowest since 2001.
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