(3-12-25) Ohio’s unemployment rate was 4.6% in January 2025, up from a revised 4.5% in December 2024. The U.S. unemployment rate for January 2025 was 4.0%, down from 4.1% in December 2024 and up from 3.7% in January 2024.

In January 2025, the labor force participation rate in Ohio was 62.4%, unchanged from a revised 62.4% in December 2024 and up from a revised 62.1% in January 2024. During the same period, the national labor force participation rate was 62.6%, up from 62.5% in December 2024 and up from 62.5% in January 2024.

Mercer County had Ohio’s lowest jobless rate, 3.7 percent, other low rates included…Holmes County 3.8%; Medina, 3.9%, and Union County, 4.0%..

Stateline area rates:

  • 4.2% – Auglaize County
  • 4.7% – Van Wert County
  • 4.8% – Shelby County
  • 5.3% – Darke County
  • 5.3% – Allen County.

Meigs County, in southeastern Ohio had the state’s highest unemployment rate in January at 10.1%.