(7-26-23) Ohio’s unemployment rate was 3.4% in June 2023, down from 3.6% in May 2023. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 1,000 over the month, from a revised 5,621,500 in May to 5,622,500 in June. This marks the lowest unemployment rate since 1976 when the series for reporting unemployment started.

Mercer County again had the state’s lowest job rate in June, 2.5 %. Putnam and Wyandot counties tied for the second lowest at 2.6 %.

Meigs County had the state’s highest jobless rate, 5.%, while Athens County was at 5.2%.

15 total counties were at 4.5% or higher.