What exactly is the ohio unemployment?
Ohio jobless rate tops 11% for June Business Courier of Cincinnati Ohio manufacturers and service providers dropped more than 30,000 jobs last month, contributing heavily to a climb in unemployment to above 11 percent in June, the state reported Friday. The state’s jobless rate continued its steady march upward, rising from 10.8 percent in May. The unemployment rate stood at 6.4 percent in June 2008. The Department of Job and Family Services reported the state lost 33,000 nonfarm jobs last month, pushing down the number of employed Ohioans to about 5.1 million. The ranks of those without jobs and actively looking for work climbed to 666,200 in June. Ohio’s unemployment ranks have increased by 279,000 persons from June 2008, the state reported. “Ohio’s labor market continued to weaken in June,” Job and Family Services Director Douglas Lumpkin said in a release. “Significant job losses in both the goods-producing and service-providing industries led to an increase in the unemployment rat
