The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) released state figures this morning noting that Ohio’s unemployment rate remained unchanged from January at 7.0 percent in February. The number of workers unemployed in the state of Ohio in February was 401,000, up from 399,000 in January. Ohio’s unemployment rate in February 2012 was 7.5 percent.
Ohio’s March 2013 unemployment rate and nonagricultural wage and salary data will be released by the ODJFS on Friday, April 19, 2013. This information and the monthly statistical summaries on which it is based are available here.