CENTRAL OHIO -- Ohio's unemployment rate was 9.4 percent in February, up from 8.8 percent in January, according to data released Friday morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
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Ohio's nonfarm wage and salary employment decreased 7,600 over the month, from 5,208,000 in January, to 5,200,400 in February.
"Ohio's labor market continued to weaken in February," ODJFS Director Douglas Lumpkin said. "Job losses occurred in both the service-producing and goods-producing industries as the unemployment rate increased to 9.4 percent."
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in February was 566,000, up from 526,000 in January.
The number of unemployed has increased by 217,000 in the past 12 months from 349,000. The February unemployment rate for Ohio was up from 5.9 percent in February 2008.
The U.S. unemployment rate for February was 8.1 percent, up from 7.6 percent in January.
Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
Ohio's nonfarm wage and salary employment dropped 7,600 over the month, from 5,208,000 in January to 5,200,400 in February, according to the latest business establishment survey conducted by ODJFS.
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