That report also showed OH had 254,000 unemployed in September, down 11,000 from 265,000 in August.
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Over the past year, OH has added more than 77,000 jobs, and only California (41,200) and Florida (35,200) added more jobs last month than OH, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). “That growth in blue collar OH employment drove the robust overall OH job growth figure for October, obviously a very good thing”, Zeller said today via email.
The number of workers without jobs in California decreased last month from the previous month and the number of nonfarm payroll jobs increased, according to new data from the California Employment Development Department.
The state added 30,800 jobs last month with big gains in educational and health services, which boosted employment by 8,300 jobs; leisure and hospitality, up 7,000 jobs; and manufacturing and construction; which each added 5,800 jobs. In total, 20 states had unemployment rates significantly lower than the US figure of 5.0 percent, 12 states and the District of Columbia had measurably higher rates, and 18 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation.
North Dakota had the lowest jobless rate in October, 2.8 percent, followed by Nebraska, 2.9 percent.
Across the nation, unemployment rates fell in 32 states last month as employers added the most jobs of any month this year. Marin County had the second lowest at 3.3 percent and San Francisco had the third lowest at 3.4 percent.
“October was the 36th consecutive month when Ohio’s (annual) job growth was slower than the US national average”, Zeller wrote in a research note. The largest monthly declines were in the local and state government sectors.
The number of unemployed in OH was down by 5,000 to 249,000 in October.
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A hiring rebound in October added 271,000 jobs, the most this year. That’s a historically low level that may help push up pay in the coming months.
