{"id":2412056,"date":"2025-03-10T14:27:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohios-unemployment-rate-continues-to-rise-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T14:30:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:30:45","slug":"ohios-unemployment-rate-continues-to-rise-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohios-unemployment-rate-continues-to-rise-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio\u2019s unemployment rate continues to rise &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fohios-unemployment-rate-continues-to-rise-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412056&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ohio&#8217;s\u200d job\u200b market is facing\u200b notable challenges, \u2063as evidenced by \u2063a rise in the state&#8217;s \u200bunemployment rate, which reached 4.6% in January, up from 4.5% in\u2063 December and \u200dexceeding the national rate of 4%. Recent revisions from the federal Bureau of Labour\u2064 and the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services revealed that job gains for 2024 were much lower than previously \u200dreported, showing 34,000 fewer \u200djobs created than anticipated,\u200c effectively halving \u200bthe expected growth. \u200cthe \u200bstate also lost 2,800 private-sector jobs in January, wiht \u2063notable declines in the mining, logging, and entertainment sectors. Despite a slight increase in the retail sector, the overall <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">labor \u200bparticipation\u2064 rate remains \u2064low<\/a> at \u206462.4% compared to the national average of 64.6%. experts warn of instability in Ohio&#8217;s labor market,emphasizing the need for policy changes to\u2063 support \u2062families and promote\u2064 better job opportunities rather than relying on corporate subsidies,which have\u2062 failed to\u2062 deliver the expected economic benefits.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ohio&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unemployment-claims-rise-more-than-expected-as-u-s-sinks-into-recession\/\" title=\"Unemployment Claims Rise More Than Expected as U.S. Sinks into Recession\">unemployment rate continues<\/a> to rise<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2034127\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Ohio&rsquo;s job market took two big hits in January.<\/p>\n<p>First, the state&rsquo;s unemployment rate continued to rise. Secondly, revised numbers from the federal Bureau of Labor and the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services showed significantly fewer job gains in 2024 than previously indicated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3342625\/hochul-pressured-to-halt-impossible-truck-emissions-rules\/\">Hochul pressured to halt &lsquo;impossible&rsquo; truck emissions rules<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3342628\/sports-wagering-on-pace-of-365000-a-day-for-101-9m-this-fiscal-year\/\">Sports wagering on pace of $365,000 a day, for $101.9M this fiscal year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3342627\/advocates-for-disabled-imprisoned-oppose-dangerous-patient-end-of-life-bills\/\">Advocates for disabled, imprisoned oppose &#8216;dangerous&#8217; patient end-of-life bills<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The same numbers showed the state&rsquo;s job market continued to lag behind the nation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is ample uncertainty in the future labor market for Ohioans,&rdquo; Policy Matters Ohio Researcher Heather Smith said. &ldquo;With unprecedented layoffs in the public sector and retaliatory tariffs impacting every industry, Ohio workers should brace themselves for impending inflationary prices. Ohio policymakers need to take steps to ease cost burdens on families and create high-quality, well-paying jobs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The state&rsquo;s January unemployment rate came in at 4.6%, up from 4.5% in December and well above the national rate of 4%. Also, the labor participation rate remained flat at 62.4%, also below the national rate of 64.6%.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio&rsquo;s rate has either risen or remained unchanged in 11 of the last 12 months, and it has climbed more than a full percentage point since state leaders bragged about hitting historical lows for three consecutive months in May 2023.<\/p>\n<p>January&rsquo;s report also showed the state lost 2,800 private-sector jobs.<\/p>\n<p>That followed a revision to the 2024 overall figures that showed Ohio created 34,000 fewer jobs than originally thought, cutting job growth in half for the year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The benchmark data highlights the importance of reexamining Ohio&rsquo;s labor market history,&rdquo; Smith said. &ldquo;Ohioans have not been feeling the reported growth, and this data demonstrates why.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Key state private-sector job losses in January occurred in the mining and logging sector, along with entertainment and recreation. The retail market grew by 400 jobs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\"><strong>LIST: THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Overall, the number of unemployed Ohioans grew by 6,000 in January to 271,000.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ohio&rsquo;s job market is trending in the wrong direction, and policymakers should recognize that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-aim-to-kill-inflation-by-flooding-economy-with-taxpayer-money-manchin-says-no\/\" title=\"Democrats Aim to Kill Inflation by Flooding Economy with Taxpayer Money; Manchin Says No\">taxpayer-funded subsidies<\/a> to large companies are not producing the expected economic benefits,&rdquo; said Rea S. Hederman Jr., executive director of the Economic Research Center and vice president of policy at The Buckeye Institute. &ldquo;Good economic policy is not massive subsidies to favored companies but broad-based tax relief to Ohio families and workers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2034127\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2034127\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio&#8217;s unemployment rate keeps increasing, with revised job gains for 2024 showing a significant decline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2412057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/immigrants-jobs-report.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37423,40464,4333,4846,32076],"class_list":["post-2412056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-economic-trends","tag-job-market","tag-ohio","tag-unemployment","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/immigrants-jobs-report.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412056"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412064,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412056\/revisions\/2412064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}