Ohio's unemployment rate was 10.7 percent in May, down from 10.9 percent in April, according to data released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment increased 17,100 over the month, from the revised 5,035,400 in April to 5,052,500 in May.
"Ohio's job market continued to show improvement during May as the unemployment rate fell to 10.7 percent," ODJFS Director Douglas Lumpkin said. "Manufacturing jobs increased and the hiring of temporary census workers boosted the number of service-providing jobs."
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in May was 641,000, down from 652,000 in April. The number of unemployed has increased by 22,000 in the past 12 months from 619,000. The May unemployment rate for Ohio was up from 10.3 percent in May 2009.
The U.S. unemployment rate for May was 9.7 percent, down from 9.9 percent in April.
The local rate for Marion County will be released next week.
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