Jobless rate

Ohio’s unemployment rates during the past year: October 2016 5.0% November 2016 5.0% December 2016 5.0% January 2017 5.0% February 2017 5.1% March 2017 5.1% April 2017 5.0% May 2017 4.9% June 2017 5.0% July 2017 5.2% August 2017 5.4% September 2017 5.3% October 2017 5.1% room to grow a lot faster than what we’re seeing here,” he said.

The Ohio rate compares with a U.S. jobless rate of 4.1 percent.

Local governments added 4,400 workers last month, more than any other sector, and manufacturers added 4,200 jobs, a sector that has been mostly treading water over the past year.

The September report initially showed the state added 2,600 manufacturing jobs, but those gains were lost during the revisions.

A category that covers an assortment of services such as equipment repair, dry cleaning and pet care added 3,000

jobs, and a sector that includes wholesale and retail trade added 2,300 jobs.

Those gains offset job losses across a broad swath of sectors last month. The private-education and health-care sector loss 2,700 jobs; leisure and hospitality lost 1,700 jobs; and professional and business services cut 1,300 jobs. There was a loss of 1,200 jobs in finance, and a loss of 1,100 construction jobs.

Over the past year, the state has added 59,400 jobs.