JobWatch: Ohio added 9,900 jobs in September
The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show that Ohio employers added 9,900 jobs over the month, from an upwardly revised 5,346,000 in August to 5,355,900 in September. These figures are from a survey of employers and preliminary numbers are subject to revision. Ohio employers […]
JobWatch: Policymakers end jobless benefits to 240,000 as Ohio loses jobs in August
The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show that Ohio employers cut 2,400 jobs over the month, from an upwardly revised 5,348,300 in July to 5,345,900 in August. Preliminary numbers are subject to revision, but August’s estimate shows sorely-needed progress made in June and July […]
JobWatch: Ohio adds jobs in July
The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show Ohio employers added 19,200 jobs over the month, from an upwardly revised 5,321,700 in June to 5,340,900 in July. While preliminary numbers are subject to revision, last month’s numbers show a second month of progress after six […]
Ohio adds jobs in June
The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show Ohio employers added 31,300 jobs over the month, from an upwardly revised 5,289,500 in May to 5,320,800 in June. While preliminary numbers are subject to revision, if June’s numbers hold, they could mark a restart to Ohio’s […]
Ohio sheds more jobs in May
The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show Ohio employers cut 14,800 jobs in May, taking Ohio to 5,289,200 jobs and making May the third month of job reductions since the economy began to recover. A downward revision showed that Ohio also fared slightly worse […]
JobWatch, Juneteenth & the history of American labor
Policy Matters Ohio will be closed tomorrow in celebration of Juneteenth, Emancipation Day. Tomorrow is also JobWatch day – when ODJFS and the BLS release the updated jobs numbers. For fellow Job Watchers, we’ll post our regular JobWatch statement next week, and our director will be tweeting (@HannahHalbert) our take on the new numbers when […]
Wrong Direction: April marks second month of job loss this year
The numbers: April marks one year since COVID-19 wreaked the largest job displacements in Ohio’s history. Many Ohioans are finding work, but there are still fewer jobs in Ohio than there were before COVID. New data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show that the state is trending in […]
Ohio employers add jobs in March
The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show Ohio employers added 12,700 jobs over the month, from a revised 5,302,200 in February to 5,314,900 in March 2021. The numbers from the employer survey: Employers in goods producing industries added 5,200 jobs across all industries, in […]
Jobs cut in February as recovery stalls in Ohio
The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show Ohio employers shed 8,400 jobs last month, from a revised 5,304,300 total jobs in January to 5,295,900 in February 2021. After the December revision erased losses initially estimated that month, February marks the first month Ohio lost […]
New data confirm pandemic recession killed 300k jobs in 2020
Revised 2020 Benchmark: Revised data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Familiy Services (ODJFS) show that Ohio employers cut 307,000 jobs from January 2020 to January 2021, for a job growth rate of -5.5%. This is a downward revision from initial estimates of -290,100 (-5.1%). This means a year of devastating losses […]
JobWatch: Jobs lost in December for first time since recovery began
The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show that employers cut 11,500 jobs in December, marking the first month of overall job losses since the recovery began slowing in July. According to the employer survey: Employers in private service-providing industries cut 5,600 jobs. Cuts in […]
Benefits expiration looms as Ohio recovery shambles on
The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show the state added 29,400 jobs in November. That rate, which would be impressive in normal times, leaves Ohio a year out from recovering the 336,300 jobs lost since November of last year. With the exception of a […]