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But at 5.6 percent, it's still higher than the national average of 5 percent
Published on Saturday, May 17, 2008
Associated Press
Ohio's unemployment rate was 5.6 percent in April, down from the revised rate of 5.8 percent in March, according to the state.
The figures released Friday show that the number of unemployed workers in April was 335,000, down from 345,000 in March. The number of unemployed people has decreased by 2,000 in the past year.
While the unemployment rate dropped in April compared to March, the number of people employed in the state dropped by 11,200 from the previous month. There were 5,408,900 employed compared to 5,420,100 in March, the state said.
The rate this April was unchanged from the 5.6 percent rate a year earlier.
The state's 5.6 percent unemployment figure tops the national rate of 5 percent.
The state will release county and city employment data Tuesday.
The head of the Summit and Stark counties office for Addeco, a global temporary-help provider, said she is seeing local companies looking to hire for support-related positions that require varying levels of experience.
''It's all been very stable,'' said Julia Weniger, branch manager for the Cuyahoga Falls-based branch office. ''It appears many [local] industries are remaining pretty healthy.''
Her office's customer base is predominantly service-related companies, not heavy manufacturing, she said.
Ohio's employment numbers have basically been unchanged from a year ago, Weniger said.
While there have been heavy job losses nationally in financial services, largely related to the sub-prime mortgage lending problems and credit crunch, it appears financial service jobs in the greater Akron area have not been hit as hard, she said.
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says Ohio continued to feel the effects of a sluggish economy in April.
The service sector lost 8,300 jobs to a total of 4,417,600. The leisure and hospitality sector lost the largest number of jobs at 3,300, followed by trade, transportation and utilities at 2,800 and education and health services at 1,100. Employment in goods-producing industries fell by 2,900 to 991,000.
Construction jobs took the biggest hit with a 3,200 loss. But manufacturing added 200 jobs, while natural resources and mining companies added 100 jobs.
Beacon Journal business writer Jim Mackinnon contributed to this report.
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