Ohio adds 15K jobs in February

Ohio employers posted a net gain of 15,200 jobs last month — the second-highest statewide increase in the nation — while the February unemployment rate edged up to 5.1 percent from 5 percent in January, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) reported.

The state jobs department also reported a significant revision to the January total, which was revised up by 5,200 to a net gain of 3,100 jobs, instead of a loss of 2,100 that was originally reported.

While unemployment was up that was mainly because 35,000 jobs-seekers entered Ohio’s labor force last month pursuing better opportunities in an improving job market, but were counted as unemployed until they actually found a job, according to Jon Keeling, an ODJFS spokesman.

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