The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show Ohio employers added 208,000 jobs in June, adding to gains in May, when revised employment stood at 4,825,200. Ohio’s June jobs total of 5,033,200 remains 554,600 short of the state’s jobs a
The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show Ohio employers added 127,100 in May, increasing the total number of jobs in the state from a revised 4,704,000 in April to 4,831,100. The state remains in a deep shortfall, with 757,600
The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show Ohio employers shed 823,700 jobs in April as Ohioans sheltered at home to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Total nonfarm jobs fell to 4,715,400, from a revised number of 5,539,100 in
Introduction The COVID-19 outbreak has proven that everyone’s well-being depends on that of the peoplenext to us, and the people next to them. We are all better off when all working people are safe on the job, can afford to stay home if they or a loved-one gets sick, and
Working people, experts call on lawmakers to put people first Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, many Ohioans working in the state’s most common jobs were living on the brink. In 2019, six of Ohio’s 10 most common jobs paid wages so low that a family of three would need to
The economy comes down to people: people who work, buy and sell. For too long, certain lawmakers and a handful of special interests have made policy to reward the well-connected while workers live hand-to-mouth and paycheck-to-paycheck. That low-pay economy left too many of us without savings or a way to
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) today reported that Ohioans filed 109,369 initial jobless claims for the week ended April 18, down from 226,007 the prior week. Total new claims for the last five weeks approached 1 million, with 964,566 filings. Together these claims exceed all jobless
The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show Ohio employers shed 39,700 jobs in March as Gov. Mike DeWine slowed the spread of the coronavirus by ordering many businesses to close. Total nonfarm jobs fell to 5,559,400, from a revised
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) today reported its third straight week of near record jobless claims with 226,007 initial filings. That’s less than the 272,117 for the week ending March 28, but exceeds every other week on record. By comparison, 7,042 initial claims were made for
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) today reported that jobless claims reached 272,117 for the week ending March 28, up 84,328 from the prior week’s record high of 187,789. County-level data have not yet been released for the same period. Those data will be reported next week,
Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show Ohio employers added 7,800 jobs in February. Total nonfarm jobs reached 5,604,600, up from a revised number of 5,596,800 in January. Year-over-year, employers had added 13,100 jobs since February 2019. February’s numbers do not
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) today reported that jobless claims for Ohio soared to 187,789 for the week ending March 21 from 7,042 a week earlier. This is an historic high. Last week’s jobless claims top the monthly filings of all but Ohio’s worst month on
