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Still, this May’s unemployment rate was down from 5.1 percent in May 2017.
Again, Ohio’s jobless rate remains higher than the nation’s. The U.S. unemployment rate for May was 3.8 percent, down from 3.9 percent in April, and down from 4.3 percent in May 2017.
Employment in goods-producing industries, at 933,700, increased 6,700 over the month with gains in construction (6,000 new jobs), manufacturing (500 new jobs), and mining and logging (+200 jobs), the state Department of Job and Family Services said.
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Over the past year, manufacturing alone has added 10,200 jobs in durable goods (8,600 new jobs) and non-durable goods (1,600 added jobs). Construction added 7,100 jobs total and mining and logging added 1,100 jobs.
Gov. John Kasich hailed the report in a statement Friday.
The latest report brings the total number of private sector jobs created in Ohio since Kasich took office to 520,500, the governor’s statement said.
“Stabilizing Ohio’s finances, cutting taxes, streamlining regulations, improving our workforce and helping more Ohioans get healthy so they can work—these have all contributed to the jobs-friendly climate that continues to produce solid results for Ohioans,” Kasich said. “I’m optimistic that it’s a model that will continue to work for Ohio for years to come and it’s a roadmap for the next generation of leaders in Ohio ... and the country.”
For the month of May, the private services sector, at 3,877,000 jobs total, added 13,400 jobs in trade, transportation, and utilities (5,300 new jobs), financial activities (2,400 added jobs), leisure and hospitality (+2,100), professional and business services (+1,600), educational and health services (+800), information (+600), and other services (+600).
Government employment, at 787,900, increased 2,500 in local (+2,300) and state (+200) government. Federal government employment did not change over the month.
Over the past year, there were also gains in trade, transportation, and utilities (+18,600), educational and health services (+8,000), leisure and hospitality (+7,900), financial activities (+7,100), other services (+6,500), and professional and business services (+2,500).
Ohio also saw losses in the information sector (400 fewer jobs).
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