Ohio unemployment rate climbs above 10 percent mark - Dayton Business Journal:

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The state’s unemployment rate was 10.2 percent in April, up from 9.7 percenty in March, and 6.2 percent for the same month last according to data released Friday bythe . Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salargy employment decreasedfrom 5,158,700 in Marcjh to 5,133,500 in April. County, city and metropolitann area statistics will be availabldeMay 26. “Ohio’s labor market continuef to weakenin April,” ODJFS Directorr Douglas Lumpkin said in a news release. “Recurring losses in both manufacturing and construction, along with additionalk losses in the service providing industries, attributed to the unemploymenf rate increasing to 10.2 percent.
” The number of workersx unemployed in Ohio in Aprilk was 608,000, up from 578,000 in The total number of unemployed in Ohio has increased by 235,000o during the past year. The U.S. unemploymeng rate for April was 8.9 percent, up from 8.5 percenr in March. In Ohio, goods-producingt industries employment was down with 11,900 jobs lost in durables goods, a gain of 400 in nondurable a drop of 6,700 in construction. Service-producinbg industries employmentfell 7,000 to 4.3 million. Hirinh for the upcoming census boosted government employmentby 2,500. Other sectorsz that saw increases were services educational andhealth (800), and professionakl and business services (500).