(WOIO) – Ohio’s unemployment rate was 4.8 percent in December 2014, down from 5 percent in November 2014. Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment increased 5,100 over the month, from a revised 5,325,300 in November to 5,330,400 in December. The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in December was 278,000, down 9,000 from 287,000 […]
Here’s some good news you probably won’t read a lot about: Black and Latino students have cut their dropout rates by more than half over the past ten years. Black students have nearly closed the gap with white students with just 8% leaving high school last year. According to a new Pew Research Center report, […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Ohio’s unemployment rate was 5.7 percent in July 2014, up from 5.5 percent in June 2014. Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment decreased 12,400 over the month, from a revised 5,301,300 in June to 5,288,900 in July. The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in July was 323,000, up 7,000 […]
Unemployed Blacks More Resilient During Job Search than Whites The so-called recovery of the US economy has not been equally kind to everyone. Even as the unemployment…
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Ohio’s unemployment rate was 6.1 percent in March 2014, down from 6.5 percent in February, according to data released Friday morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS). Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment increased 600 over the month, 5,282,300 in February to 5,282,900 in March. The […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Ohio’s unemployment rate was 6.8 percent in November, down slightly from 6.9 percent in October, according to data released Friday morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS). Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment increased 1,600 over the month from the revised 5,195,900 in October to 5,197,500 in […]
With the upcoming presidential election, more than ever people are focused on the government’s unemployment statistics. Last Friday, the Labor Department announced a slight increase in the unemployment rate — from 8.2 percent to 8.3 percent. Unemployment, however, does not tell the whole story. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 24/7 Wall Street […]
(WOIO) – Ohio’s unemployment rate was 9.1% in August, up slightly from 9.0% in July, according to data released Friday morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in August was 536,000, up from 529,000 in July. The number of unemployed has decreased by 47,000 in the […]
NEW YORK — The American unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in November and the economy added a paltry 39,000 net jobs, the government reported this morning, dealing a substantial blow to hopes that better fortunes are taking shape.