Ohio’s unemployment rate was 5.2 percent in May 2015, unchanged from April. The rate for Marion County, which is not seasonally adjusted like the state number, was 4.9 percent, up a bit from 4.7 percent in April.
The increase came with 300 people added to Marion County’s available workforce, but 100 more reporting as unemployed.
The rate for Marion was still well below last year when it stood at 5.4 percent in April 2014.
Counties surrounding Marion had very similar results, with most rates rising by the same amount.
County – May-15 – Apr-15 – May-14
Crawford – 5.4 – 5.2 – 6.0
Delaware – 3.4 – 3.1 – 3.8
Hardin – 4.4 – 4.2 – 5.4
Marion – 4.9 – 4.7 – 5.4
Morrow – 4.5 – 4.3 – 5.3
Union – 3.6 – 3.5 – 4.0
Wyandot – 3.4 – 3.2 – 4.0
Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment increased 12,000 over the month, from 5,395,000 in April to 5,407,000 in May 2015.
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in May was 302,000, up 5,000 from 297,000 in April. The number of unemployed has decreased by 26,000 in the past 12 months from 328,000. The May unemployment rate for Ohio was down from 5.7 percent in May 2014.
The U.S. unemployment rate for May was 5.5 percent, up from 5.4 percent in April but down from 6.3 percent in May 2014.
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).
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