Ohio's unemployment rate for December is 4.7 percent, down one-tenth of a point from November.
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says today non-farm payrolls increased in December by 25 hundred. Job gains are reported in the educational and health services; leisure and hospitality; and financial activities sectors. Job losses are reported in the information; professional and business services; and trade, transportation and utilities sectors.The national rate was 4.1 percent in December.