(7-23-25) Ohio’s unemployment rate was 4.9% in June 2025, unchanged from 4.9% in May 2025. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 10,400 over the month, from a revised 5,703,500 in May to 5,713,900 in June.

The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in June was 293,000, down from 294,000 in May 2025. The number of unemployed has increased by 41,000 in the past 12 months from 252,000. The June unemployment rate for Ohio increased 0.6 percentage points from 4.3% in June 2024. The U.S. unemployment rate for June 2025 was 4.1%, down from 4.2% in May 2025 and unchanged from 4.1% in June 2024.

In June 2025, the labor force participation rate in Ohio was 62.7%, unchanged from 62.7% in May 2025 and up from 62.4% in June 2024. During the same period, the national labor force participation rate was 62.3%, down from 62.4% in May 2025 and down from 62.6% in June 2024.

Holmes County had the lowest unemployment rate in Ohio at 3.8%. Mercer County was tied for the 2nd lowest rate with Putnam County at 3.9%.

  • Auglaize County 4.3%
  • Shelby County 4.5%
  • Darke County 4.6%
  • Logan County 4.6%
  • Van Wert County 5.0%
  • Paulding County 5.0%
  • Allen County 5.2%

Indiana’s unemployment rate for June, 2025 stands at 3.6 percent, well below the national rate of 4.1 percent. It’s the fifth month in a row the state’s rate was better than the national rate.

  • Allen County 3.5%
  • Adams County 3.6%
  • Jay County 3.6%
  • Randolph 3.8%
  • Wells County 3.9%