No change in Ohio's unemployment rate in May

YOUNGSTOWN — Ohio’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remains the same at 5.2 percent in May from the previous month.

Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment increased 12,000 over the month, from 5,395,000 in April to 5,407,000 in May. The number of unemployed workers in Ohio was 302,000 in May - up 5,000 from 297,000 in April.

The unemployment rate in May was down from 5.7 percent in May 2014. In the past 12 months, the number of unemployed has decreased by 26,000 from 328,000.

The U.S. unemployment rate for May was 5.5 percent, up from 5.4 percent in April but down from 6.3 percent in May 2014.