Ohio’s unemployment rate was 9.4 percent in January, down from the revised 9.5 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 31,900 over the month, from the revised 5,034,200 in December to 5,066,100 in January.
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in January was 551,000, down from 560,000 in December. The number of unemployed has decreased by 75,000 in the past 12 months from 626,000. The January unemployment rate for Ohio was down from 10.6 percent in January 2010.
The U.S. unemployment rate for January was 9.0 percent, down fron 9.4 in December.
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