COLUMBUS, Ohio — More Ohioans have jobs than at any time in the state's history.
On Friday, Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted announced that Ohio now has the most filled jobs in the history of the state with 5,639,200. The announcement comes following data that was released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
“Ohio is the heart of opportunity, and today, we are making history,” said DeWine in a statement. “We have yet another record low unemployment rate in July at 3.3 percent, below the national rate of 3.5 percent. Our formula in Ohio is working, and today’s jobs news is proof of that.”
As DeWine noted, Ohio's unemployment rate was 3.3% in July 2023, down from 3.4% in June 2023. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 12,100 over the month, from a revised 5,627,100 in June to 5,639,200 in July. Friday's announcement marks the lowest unemployment rate in Ohio since 1976, when the series for reporting unemployment started. Ohio is also experiencing the highest payroll employment reported since the series started in 1990.
"The importance of these numbers is the great career opportunities they represent for the people of Ohio,” said Lt. Governor Husted. “We’ve had six months in a row that our unemployment rate has been below 4 percent, and we have gained 67,700 private sector jobs in the first seven months of 2023. A growing economy is important for more than economic reasons—it allows our children and grandchildren to have great career opportunities without ever leaving Ohio."
Also taking note of the record employment numbers in Ohio on Friday was President Joe Biden.
“My economic agenda has kept our economy growing even as we have helped bring inflation down, and Ohio is helping lead the way with the state’s lowest unemployment rate on record," Biden said in a statement. "We have seen more than $31 billion in private sector investment pour into Ohio for manufacturing and the industries of the future, strengthening our economy now and laying the groundwork for thousands of good-paying jobs in the years ahead. That’s Bidenomics, and we’re just getting started.”