(10-25-23) Unchanged from August Ohio’s unemployment rate was 3.4% in September 2023, unchanged from August. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 8,400 over the month, from 5,639,700 in August to 5,648,100 in September. This marks the highest payroll employment reported since the series started in 1990.

Household Survey Data
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in September was 199,000, up from 196,000 in August. The number of unemployed has decreased by 37,000 in the past 12 months from 236,000. The September unemployment rate for Ohio decreased 0.7% from 4.1% in September 2022.

The U.S. unemployment rate for September 2023 was 3.8%, unchanged from August 2023 and up from 3.5% in September 2022.

In September 2023, the labor force participation rate in Ohio was 62.1%, unchanged from the prior month, and up from 61.3% in September 2022. During the same period, the national labor force participation rate was 62.8%, unchanged from the previous month and up from 62.3% in September 2022