COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio’s unemployment rate was 4.9% in June, unchanged from May, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Friday.
Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 10,400 over the month, from a revised 5,703,500 in May to 5,713,900 in June.
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in June was 293,000, down from 294,000 in May. The number of unemployed has increased by 41,000 in the past 12 months from 252,000. The June unemployment rate for Ohio increased 0.6 percentage points from 4.3% in June 2024.
The U.S. unemployment rate for June was 4.1%, down from 4.2% in May and unchanged from 4.1% in June 2024.
In June, the labor force participation rate in Ohio was 62.7%, unchanged from May and up from 62.4% in June 2024. During the same period, the national labor force participation rate was 62.3%, down from 62.4% in May and down from 62.6% in June 2024.
Employment in goods-producing industries, at 961,800, increased 2,100 over the month in manufacturing and construction. Mining and logging did not change over the month. The private service-providing sector, at 3,963,300, increased 9,500 as gains in trade, transportation and utilities; professional and business services; leisure and hospitality; and private educational and health services surpassed losses in information and other services. Employment in financial activities did not change over the month. Government employment, at 788,800, decreased 1,200 in state and federal government. Local government employment did not change.
From June 2024 to June 2025, nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 61,600. Employment in goods-producing industries increased 20,100, led by construction, which added 17,700 jobs. Manufacturing added 2,800 jobs, as gains in nondurable goods outpaced losses in durable goods. Mining and logging lost 400 jobs over the year. Employment in the private service-providing sector increased 43,600 in private educational and health services; professional and business services; leisure and hospitality; financial activities; other services; trade, transportation and utilities; and information. Government employment decreased 2,100 over the year, as losses in federal and local government outweighed gains in state government.