Unemployment rate down in November

VW independent staff and submitted information

COLUMBUS — Ohio’s unemployment rate was 4.8 percent in November, down from 5.1 percent in October. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 12,200 over the month, from a revised 5,378,900 in October to 5,391,100 in November.

The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in November was 275,000, down from 289,000 in October. The number of unemployed has decreased by 45,000 in the past 12 months from 320,000.

The November unemployment rate for Ohio decreased from 5.6 perecent in November, 2020. The U.S. unemployment rate for November 2021 was 4.2 percent, down from 4.6 percent in October, and down from 6.7 percent in November 2020.

In November, the labor force participation rate in Ohio was 61.3 percent, up slightly from 61.2 percent in October and down from 61.9 percent in November, 2020. During the same period, the national labor force participation rate was 61.8 percent, up from 61.6 percent in October and up from 61.5 percent in November, 2020.

Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 12,200 over the month, from a revised 5,378,900 in October to 5,391,100 in November, according to the latest business establishment survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics) in cooperation with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS).