Job Growth Streak: March data show another solid month of growth in Ohio
Ohio added 10,800 jobs in March, according to new seasonally adjusted jobs data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. In the first three months of 2018 the state has gained more jobs than in all of 2017. This is good news for our state and closes out Ohio’s best first […]
JobWatch: Blip or Boon? Job growth strong in February
Ohio job growth this year is off to one of the strongest starts since the end of the recession. Only 2012 posted better numbers. According to new seasonally adjusted jobs data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS), in the first two months of 2018, the state added 32,100 jobs. […]
January Job Watch: Updated Ohio job numbers show slowing growth
Updated data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) confirm that last year was a tough one for working Ohio. The state added 32,200 jobs last year, just a measly 0.6 percent gain. In 2014, our best post-recession year, Ohio gained nearly three times as many jobs – more than […]
JobWatch: Ohio 2017 job growth slow and sluggish
Annual job growth in Ohio is slowing. According to seasonally adjusted December data, released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS), the state added just 38,500 in 2017. This is 11,200 fewer jobs than in 2016. The state is growing at half the national job growth rate (Ohio, 0.7 percent, U.S., […]
Ohio still waiting for blue-collar boom
Despite campaign promises made by President Donald Trump to bring back manufacturing, construction, and mining and logging jobs, Ohio still has not seen robust job growth in these sectors. Rather, the state had 2,400 fewer blue collar jobs in September than it did at the end of January 2017. Between June and September, Ohio saw […]
Two months of job loss means fewer jobs in November than in July
Ohio lost jobs in November (-5,600) and October (-1,200), according to new seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS). That helped erase earlier growth and means Ohio had fewer jobs in November than it did in July. The state has made two successive, relatively sizable, downward revisions […]
October jobs report: Revisions cut into gains
New data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) confirm that Ohio’s big job gain in September was a blip. Data revisions erased all but 100 of the 10,500 new jobs the state had reported that month. In October, the state added a very modest 4,300 jobs, primarily from growth […]
October jobs report: Revisions cut into gains
New data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) confirm that Ohio’s big job gain in September was a blip. Data revisions erased all but 100 of the 10,500 new jobs the state had reported that month. In October, the state added a very modest 4,300 jobs, primarily from growth […]
JobWatch: Hurricanes and jobs
September was a good month for job growth in Ohio. The state added 10,500 jobs, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS). This is welcome news after a couple months of underwhelming growth. September’s numbers raised the state’s 12-month growth rate to 1.1 percent, bringing […]
JobWatch: August jobs report shows continued weakness
Job numbers released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Families services are again mixed and underwhelming. The state added 5,200 jobs in August. Over the last 12 months Ohio’s job base has grown by just 1 percent, compared to 1.4 percent for the nation. Growth this month in the private sector provided welcome […]
JobWatch: July jobs bump
Job numbers released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services show Ohio gained 1,600 jobs last month. This small gain was in addition to an improved June total, bringing the state’s 12-month job growth rate to 0.9 percent. This did little to close the gap between growth in Ohio and the nation […]
Blue collar jobs report: Ohio still waiting for Trump’s renaissance
During the 2016 presidential campaign, President Donald Trump promised to bring back blue collar jobs. Six months into his administration, the jobs data shows there’s been little progress toward fulfilling that promise in Ohio. Since President Trump took office, Ohio manufacturing jobs dropped by 0.3 percent, or 2,300 jobs, according to Policy Matters Ohio’s quarterly […]