(8-21-25) Ohio’s unemployment rate was 5.0% in July 2025, up from 4.9% in June 2025. Ohio’s non-agricultural wage and salary employment increased 5,400 over the month, from a revised 5,716,000 in June to 5,721,400 in July. Ohio and U.S. Unemployment Rates, seasonally adjusted, July 2024 – July 2025
Ohio Non-farm Payroll Employment Over-the-Month Change, seasonally adjusted, July 2024 – July 2025

Jobless rates rose in 85 of Ohio’s 88 counties last month.

Area unemployment rates in July-

  • Mercer County – 3.9% – (2nd lowest)
  • Auglaize County – 4.6%
  • Shelby County – 4.8%
  • Darke County – 4.9%
  • Logan County – 5.0%
  • Van Wert County 5.1%
  • Allen County – 5.7%

The lowest jobless rate in the state last month was in Holmes County, in east-central Ohio, 3.8%.

The highest unemployment rate in the state, 8.3%, was in Jackson County, in southern Ohio.

Household Survey Data
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in July was 296,000, up from 293,000 in June 2025. The number of unemployed has increased by 41,000 in the past 12 months from 255,000. The July unemployment rate for Ohio increased 0.7 percentage points from 4.3% in July 2024. The U.S.unemployment rate for July 2025 was 4.2%, up from 4.1% in June 2025 and unchanged from 4.2% in July 2024.

In July 2025, the labor force participation rate in Ohio was 62.6%, down from 62.7% in June 2025 and up from 62.5% in July 2024. During the same period, the national labor force participation rate was 62.2%, down from 62.3% in June 2025 and down from 62.7% in July 2024.

In Indiana…

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development released on Wednesday, Jay County’s unemployment rate went up by 0.4 % points to 4.0% in July was tied for the 39th lowest rate in Indiana

Commercial Review– Jay Co. rate goes up to 4%

Indiana’s unemployment rate increased by half a percentage point from June, coming in at 4.2%. It was still down by 0.8 percentage points from the same month in 2024.

  • Wells County: 3.3%, up 0.3 percentage points, tied for third-lowest
  • Jay County: 4%, up 0.4 percentage points, tied for 39th-lowest
  • Adams County: 4%, up 0.4 percentage point, tied for 39th-lowest
  • Randolph County: 4.2%, up 0.4 percentage points, tied for 28th-highest
  • Blackford County: 4.7%, up 0.5 percentage points, tied for 11th-highest
  • Delaware County: 5%, up 0.7 percentage points, sixth-highest