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Unemployment Rates
Area	Jan'13	Dec'12	Jan'12
Ohio	7.0%	6.7%	7.6%
Ohio not seasonally adjusted	8.4%	6.6%	8.5%
U.S.	7.9%	7.8%	8.3%
U.S. not seasonally adjusted	8.5%	7.6%	8.8%

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** Note: Statewide unemployment rates and nonagricultural wage & salary data are released on Fridays. County unemployment rates are posted the following week. See Press Release Dates for details.

What's New

Ohio Shale: Quarterly Economic Trends for Ohio Oil and Gas Industries examines quarterly and annual industry and employment changes for select oil and gas industries.

Ohio Long Term Employment Forecasts contain the 2010-2020 industry and occupational projections (tables only).

Ohio's Aging Labor Force: Recent Trends in Industry Employment examines projected changes in workforce age demographics and recent changes in industry employment.

Training for Workforce Professionals provides real-time webinars and on-line products that give workforce professionals the knowledge to use labor market information effectively.

Wage Conversion Chart - Hourly rates of pay converted to weekly, monthly and annual wages.

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