The unemployment rate for Marion County jumped higher in December 2016 to 5.0 percent, up from 4.6 percent in November 2016. The increase is not unusual as it has traditional increased in December over the past several years. If that holds, it will also mean another increase in January.
December’s increase comes with 100 fewer people in the available workforce and 100 more people reporting as unemployed.
Other counties surrounding Marion also saw increases in their rates. The only exception was Crawford County which saw a decrease.
County – Dec-16 – Nov-16 – Dec-15
Crawford – 5.7 – 6.0 – 5.8
Delaware – 3.4 – 3.2 – 3.3
Hardin – 4.9 – 4.5 – 4.2
Marion – 5.0 – 4.6 – 5.2
Morrow – 4.8 – 4.3 – 5.1
Union – 3.7 – 3.4 – 3.6
Wyandot – 3.7 – 3.4 – 3.4
Ohio’s unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in December 2016, unchanged from November. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 10,300 over the month, from a revised 5,506,900 in November to 5,517,200 in December 2016.
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in December was 282,000, up 4,000 from 278,000 in November. The number of unemployed has increased by 9,000 in the past 12 months from 273,000. The December unemployment rate for Ohio was 0.1 percentage points higher than the December 2015 rate of 4.8 percent.
The U.S. unemployment rate for December was 4.7 percent, 0.1 percentage points higher than in November 2016, and 0.3 percentage points lower than in December 2015.
Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 10,300 over the month, from a revised 5,506,900 in November to 5,517,200 in December 2016, according to the latest business establishment survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics) in cooperation with ODJFS.
Goods-producing industries, at 909,500, lost 1,400 jobs as losses in construction (-2,800) exceeded gains in manufacturing (+1,100) and mining and logging (+300). The private service-providing sector, at 3,828,800, added 13,100 jobs. Employment gains in professional and business services (+5,900), trade, transportation, and utilities (+3,200), educational and health services (+2,700), financial activities (+1,600), information (+900), and leisure and hospitality (+800) surpassed losses in other services (-2,000). Government employment, at 778,900, decreased 1,400 as losses in state government (-4,300) outweighed gains in local (+1,600) and federal (+1,300) government.
From December 2015 to December 2016, nonagricultural wage and salary employment grew 41,800. Employment in goods-producing industries decreased 2,500. Manufacturing lost 2,900 jobs as losses in durable goods (-8,000) surpassed gains in nondurable goods (+5,100). Mining and logging lost 1,500 jobs. Construction added 1,900 jobs. The private service-providing sector added 41,000 jobs. Employment gains in leisure and hospitality (+13,300), educational and health services (+11,200), financial activities (+10,000), trade, transportation, and utilities (+9,000), and information (+800) exceeded losses in professional and business services (-3,200) and other services (-100). Government employment increased 3,300 as gains in local (+5,000) and federal (+2,400) government outweighed losses in state government (-4,100).
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