JobWatch: Mixed picture on Ohio jobs for October
The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show Ohio employers added 30,800 jobs in October as the recovery continues to slow. Ohio had 5,222,300 in October 2020, down 353,600 since October 2019. The October gain trailed the 44,300 revised gain in September and is the […]
Job recovery plods along
Newly released data show Ohio is still missing nearly half of the jobs lost this spring. As employers have slowed hiring, Congress and the state legislature have failed to extend vital supports. Policy Matters Ohio researcher Michael Shields describes the data: The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and […]
JobWatch: August job gains slow further
New data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show Ohio employers added 45,000 jobs in August. What it means: “More Ohioans returned to work last month, but jobs recovered at a slower rate than in July, when employers called back 63,300 Ohioans, and substantially slower than in June, when […]
JobWatch: Ohio jobless numbers fell in July
The numbers Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show Ohio employers added 62,700 jobs in July, adding to gains in June, but leaving the state 495,100 short of July 2019. Gains in private service-providing jobs (+59,800) and government (+4,900) exceeded losses in goods producing industries (-2,000). […]
June job report shows continued gains
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 year ago in June 2019. […]
May job report shows continued COVID crisis
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 fewer jobs last month than […]
JobWatch: Record number of Ohioans laid off amid pandemic
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 March, and 5,599,100 in February, […]
Jobless claims still climbing, but fewer last week
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 claims filed for the prior […]
Out like a lion? March job report closed the books too early to see COVID-19’s toll
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 number of 5,599,100 in February. […]
Record jobless claims new normal in coronavirus shutdown
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 week ending March 7. […]
Ohio jobless claims top last week’s record high
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, but numbers have been released […]
Calm before the storm
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 reflect extreme measures taken this […]