The unemployment rate for Marion County dipped to 4.9 percent in April 2016, down from 5.5 percent in March. The improvement came with no decrease in the available workforce, but with 100 fewer people reporting as unemployed.
All of the counties surrounding Marion also saw decreases in their rates, with Delaware County hitting an nearly unbelievable low of 3.3 percent. Union and Wyandot Counties were not far behind.
County – Apr-16 – Mar-16 – Apr-15
Crawford – 5.5 – 6.8 – 5.3
Delaware – 3.3 – 3.7 – 3.2
Hardin – 4.3 – 4.8 – 4.2
Marion – 4.9 – 5.5 – 4.7
Morrow – 4.6 – 5.6 – 4.4
Union – 3.5 – 4.0 – 3.5
Wyandot – 3.5 – 3.9 – 3.3
Ohio’s unemployment rate was 5.2 percent in April 2016, up from 5.1 percent in March. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment decreased 13,600 over the month, from a revised 5,491,400 in March to 5,477,800 in April 2016.
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in April was 302,000, up 8,000 from 294,000 in March. The number of unemployed has increased by 15,000 in the past 12 months from 287,000. The April unemployment rate for Ohio was 0.2 percentage points higher than the April 2015 rate of 5.0 percent.
The U.S. unemployment rate for April was 5.0 percent, unchanged from March and down from 5.4 percent in April 2015.
Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment decreased 13,600 over the month, from a revised 5,491,400 in March to 5,477,800 in April 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 904,800, lost 2,000 jobs over the month. Job losses in manufacturing (-2,700) and mining and logging (-200) exceeded job gains in construction (+900). The private service-providing sector, at 3,803,200, lost 4,600 jobs. Employment losses in professional and business services (-5,100), trade, transportation, and utilities (-2,900), other services (-1,000), leisure and hospitality (-800), and information (-100) surpassed gains in financial activities (+4,100) and educational and health services (+1,200). Government employment, at 769,800, decreased 7,000 in local (-6,100), state (-500), and federal (-400) government.
From April 2015 to April 2016, nonagricultural wage and salary employment grew 71,900. Employment in goods-producing industries increased 5,600. Construction added 10,200 jobs. Mining and logging lost 2,900 jobs. Manufacturing employment decreased 1,700 as losses in durable goods (-7,500) exceeded gains in nondurable goods (+5,800). The private service-providing sector added 64,800 jobs. Gains in educational and health services (+24,000), leisure and hospitality (+15,500), trade, transportation, and utilities (+11,200), financial activities (+9,800), other services (+4,800), and information (+200) outweighed losses in professional and business services (-700). Government employment increased 1,500 as gains in state (+2,900) and federal (+300) government outweighed losses in local government (-1,700).
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