Ohio's unemployment rate at 5.2 percent in April

COLUMBUS — Ohio’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 5.2 percent in April 2015 compared with 5.1 percent in March.

Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment increased 6,400 over the month, from a revised 5,388,600 in March to 5,395,000 in April 2015, according data released today from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in April was 297,000, up 3,000 from 294,000 in March. The number of unemployed has decreased by 39,000 in the past 12 months from 336,000.

The April unemployment rate for Ohio was down from 5.9 percent in April 2014.