Ohio Unemployment Rate Report

Ohio Unemployment by County

Ohio Current Unemployment 4.3%

Ohio Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Ohio has ranged from 3.4% in October 2000 to 17.4% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Ohio is 4.3% for August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

OH Highest Unemployment by County

Monroe, OH unemployment rate

6.5%

Marion, OH unemployment rate

6.4%

Jefferson, OH unemployment rate

6.2%

Meigs, OH unemployment rate

6.0%

Noble, OH unemployment rate

5.8%

Scioto, OH unemployment rate

5.6%

Crawford, OH unemployment rate

5.5%

Trumbull, OH unemployment rate

5.4%

Adams, OH unemployment rate

5.4%

Pike, OH unemployment rate

5.4%

OH Unemployment City Links

Columbus, OH Unemployment Report

Cleveland, OH Unemployment Report

Cincinnati, OH Unemployment Report

Toledo, OH Unemployment Report

Akron, OH Unemployment Report

Dayton, OH Unemployment Report

Parma, OH Unemployment Report

Canton, OH Unemployment Report

Youngstown, OH Unemployment Report

Lorain, OH Unemployment Report

OH Unemployment Rate by Month

2012 OH Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2022	4.8%	4.0%
2/2022	4.8%	3.8%
3/2022	4.4%	3.6%
4/2022	3.7%	3.6%
5/2022	3.6%	3.6%
5/2022	3.6%	3.6%
6/2022	4.5%	3.6%
7/2022	4.4%	3.5%
8/2022	4.3%	3.7%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2021	6.0%	6.3%
2/2021	5.6%	6.2%
3/2021	4.9%	6.0%
4/2021	4.8%	6.1%
5/2021	5.0%	5.8%
6/2021	6.3%	5.9%
7/2021	5.4%	5.4%
8/2021	4.8%	5.2%
9/2021	4.3%	4.7%
10/2021	4.0%	4.6%
11/2021	3.7%	4.2%
12/2021	3.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2020	5.0%	3.6%
2/2020	4.7%	3.5%
3/2020	5.4%	4.4%
4/2020	17.4%	14.7%
5/2020	13.5%	13.3%
6/2020	11.1%	11.1%
7/2020	10.1%	10.2%
8/2020	8.8%	8.4%
9/2020	8.0%	7.9%
10/2020	5.2%	6.9%
11/2020	4.9%	6.7%
12/2020	5.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2019	5.2%	4.0%
2/2019	4.6%	3.8%
3/2019	4.2%	3.8%
4/2019	3.5%	3.6%
5/2019	3.7%	3.6%
6/2019	4.3%	3.7%
7/2019	4.5%	3.7%
8/2019	4.2%	3.7%
9/2019	3.9%	3.5%
10/2019	3.8%	3.6%
11/2019	3.7%	3.5%
12/2019	3.8%	3.5%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2018	5.2%	4.1%
2/2018	5.0%	4.1%
3/2018	4.7%	4.0%
4/2018	4.3%	3.9%
5/2018	4.1%	3.8%
6/2018	5.0%	4.0%
7/2018	4.7%	3.9%
8/2018	4.4%	3.8%
9/2018	4.1%	3.7%
10/2018	4.1%	3.8%
11/2018	4.0%	3.7%
12/2018	4.4%	3.9%
12/2018	4.4%	3.9%
12/2018	4.4%	3.9%
12/2018	4.4%	3.9%
12/2018	4.4%	3.9%
12/2018	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2017	6.1%	4.7%
2/2017	5.8%	4.7%
3/2017	5.2%	4.4%
4/2017	4.6%	4.4%
5/2017	4.6%	4.4%
6/2017	5.2%	4.3%
7/2017	5.3%	4.3%
8/2017	5.1%	4.4%
9/2017	4.7%	4.2%
10/2017	4.4%	4.1%
11/2017	4.3%	4.2%
12/2017	4.4%	4.1%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2016	5.6%	4.9%
2/2016	5.5%	4.9%
3/2016	5.3%	5.0%
4/2016	4.8%	5.0%
5/2016	4.4%	4.8%
6/2016	5.1%	4.9%
7/2016	5.0%	4.8%
8/2016	5.0%	4.9%
9/2016	5.0%	5.0%
10/2016	4.9%	4.9%
11/2016	4.7%	4.7%
12/2016	5.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2015	6.0%	5.7%
2/2015	5.6%	5.5%
3/2015	5.2%	5.4%
4/2015	4.6%	5.4%
5/2015	4.9%	5.6%
6/2015	5.1%	5.3%
7/2015	5.0%	5.2%
8/2015	4.5%	5.1%
9/2015	4.4%	5.0%
10/2015	4.4%	5.0%
11/2015	4.5%	5.1%
12/2015	4.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2014	7.4%	6.6%
2/2014	7.2%	6.7%
3/2014	6.5%	6.7%
4/2014	5.2%	6.2%
5/2014	5.5%	6.3%
6/2014	5.9%	6.1%
7/2014	6.2%	6.2%
8/2014	5.6%	6.1%
9/2014	5.2%	5.9%
10/2014	4.9%	5.7%
11/2014	5.0%	5.8%
12/2014	4.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2013	8.8%	8.0%
2/2013	8.3%	7.7%
3/2013	7.6%	7.5%
4/2013	6.9%	7.6%
5/2013	7.2%	7.5%
6/2013	8.0%	7.5%
7/2013	7.8%	7.3%
8/2013	7.3%	7.2%
9/2013	7.2%	7.2%
10/2013	7.2%	7.2%
11/2013	6.8%	6.9%
12/2013	6.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2012	8.6%	8.3%
2/2012	8.3%	8.3%
3/2012	7.8%	8.2%
4/2012	6.9%	8.2%
5/2012	6.9%	8.2%
6/2012	7.6%	8.2%
7/2012	7.8%	8.2%
8/2012	7.2%	8.1%
9/2012	6.7%	7.8%
10/2012	6.8%	7.8%
11/2012	6.7%	7.7%
12/2012	7.3%	7.9%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2011	10.2%	9.1%
2/2011	9.8%	9.0%
3/2011	9.2%	9.0%
4/2011	8.5%	9.1%
5/2011	8.7%	9.0%
6/2011	9.4%	9.1%
7/2011	9.4%	9.0%
8/2011	8.9%	9.0%
9/2011	8.6%	9.0%
10/2011	8.2%	8.8%
11/2011	7.6%	8.6%
12/2011	7.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2010	12.0%	9.8%
2/2010	11.9%	9.8%
3/2010	11.4%	9.9%
4/2010	10.4%	9.9%
5/2010	9.9%	9.6%
6/2010	10.2%	9.4%
7/2010	10.1%	9.4%
8/2010	9.8%	9.5%
9/2010	9.5%	9.5%
10/2010	9.3%	9.4%
11/2010	9.4%	9.8%
12/2010	9.2%	9.3%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2009	9.6%	7.8%
2/2009	10.2%	8.3%
3/2009	10.3%	8.7%
4/2009	9.9%	9.0%
5/2009	10.2%	9.4%
6/2009	10.9%	9.5%
7/2009	10.7%	9.5%
8/2009	10.3%	9.6%
9/2009	10.3%	9.8%
10/2009	10.3%	10.0%
11/2009	10.3%	9.9%
12/2009	10.8%	9.9%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2008	6.2%	5.0%
2/2008	5.9%	4.9%
3/2008	6.0%	5.1%
4/2008	5.3%	5.0%
5/2008	5.9%	5.4%
6/2008	6.5%	5.6%
7/2008	7.0%	5.8%
8/2008	6.8%	6.1%
9/2008	6.5%	6.1%
10/2008	6.5%	6.5%
11/2008	6.9%	6.8%
12/2008	7.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2007	6.2%	4.6%
2/2007	5.9%	4.5%
3/2007	5.5%	4.4%
4/2007	5.5%	4.5%
5/2007	5.2%	4.4%
6/2007	5.8%	4.6%
7/2007	5.8%	4.7%
8/2007	5.4%	4.6%
9/2007	5.4%	4.7%
10/2007	5.2%	4.7%
11/2007	5.1%	4.7%
12/2007	5.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2006	5.9%	4.7%
2/2006	5.9%	4.8%
3/2006	5.5%	4.7%
4/2006	5.3%	4.7%
5/2006	5.1%	4.6%
6/2006	5.4%	4.6%
7/2006	5.8%	4.7%
8/2006	5.4%	4.7%
9/2006	5.2%	4.5%
10/2006	4.8%	4.4%
11/2006	5.2%	4.5%
12/2006	5.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2005	6.8%	5.3%
2/2005	7.1%	5.4%
3/2005	6.5%	5.2%
4/2005	5.9%	5.2%
5/2005	5.7%	5.1%
6/2005	6.0%	5.0%
7/2005	5.8%	5.0%
8/2005	5.4%	4.9%
9/2005	5.7%	5.0%
10/2005	5.3%	5.0%
11/2005	5.6%	5.0%
12/2005	5.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2004	6.9%	5.7%
2/2004	6.7%	5.6%
3/2004	6.7%	5.8%
4/2004	6.1%	5.6%
5/2004	5.9%	5.6%
6/2004	6.5%	5.6%
7/2004	6.4%	5.5%
8/2004	6.0%	5.4%
9/2004	5.9%	5.4%
10/2004	6.0%	5.5%
11/2004	6.1%	5.4%
12/2004	6.0%	5.4%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2003	6.8%	5.8%
2/2003	6.9%	5.9%
3/2003	6.7%	5.9%
4/2003	6.2%	6.0%
5/2003	6.1%	6.1%
6/2003	7.0%	6.3%
7/2003	6.6%	6.2%
8/2003	6.0%	6.1%
9/2003	5.8%	6.1%
10/2003	5.5%	6.0%
11/2003	5.6%	5.8%
12/2003	5.7%	5.7%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2002	6.4%	5.7%
2/2002	6.2%	5.7%
3/2002	6.2%	5.7%
4/2002	5.9%	5.9%
5/2002	5.5%	5.8%
6/2002	6.0%	5.8%
7/2002	6.0%	5.8%
8/2002	5.4%	5.7%
9/2002	5.1%	5.7%
10/2002	5.1%	5.7%
11/2002	5.4%	5.9%
12/2002	5.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2001	4.5%	4.2%
2/2001	4.3%	4.2%
3/2001	4.1%	4.3%
4/2001	3.8%	4.4%
5/2001	3.5%	4.3%
6/2001	4.3%	4.5%
7/2001	4.2%	4.6%
8/2001	4.3%	4.9%
9/2001	4.2%	5.0%
10/2001	4.4%	5.3%
11/2001	4.8%	5.5%
12/2001	5.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/2000	4.8%	4.0%
2/2000	4.7%	4.1%
3/2000	4.4%	4.0%
4/2000	3.7%	3.8%
5/2000	3.7%	4.0%
6/2000	4.2%	4.0%
7/2000	4.3%	4.0%
8/2000	4.0%	4.1%
9/2000	3.7%	3.9%
10/2000	3.4%	3.9%
11/2000	3.4%	3.9%
12/2000	3.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/1999	4.9%	4.3%
2/1999	4.9%	4.4%
3/1999	4.4%	4.2%
4/1999	4.2%	4.3%
5/1999	3.9%	4.2%
6/1999	4.6%	4.3%
7/1999	4.6%	4.3%
8/1999	4.1%	4.2%
9/1999	4.2%	4.2%
10/1999	3.9%	4.1%
11/1999	3.9%	4.1%
12/1999	3.9%	4.0%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/1998	5.2%	4.6%
2/1998	4.9%	4.6%
3/1998	4.8%	4.7%
4/1998	3.6%	4.3%
5/1998	3.8%	4.4%
6/1998	4.4%	4.5%
7/1998	4.6%	4.5%
8/1998	4.2%	4.5%
9/1998	4.2%	4.6%
10/1998	4.1%	4.5%
11/1998	4.1%	4.4%
12/1998	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/1997	6.0%	5.3%
2/1997	5.8%	5.2%
3/1997	5.4%	5.2%
4/1997	4.5%	5.1%
5/1997	4.1%	4.9%
6/1997	4.5%	5.0%
7/1997	4.3%	4.9%
8/1997	4.1%	4.8%
9/1997	4.4%	4.9%
10/1997	4.1%	4.7%
11/1997	4.2%	4.6%
12/1997	4.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/1996	6.2%	5.6%
2/1996	5.6%	5.5%
3/1996	5.4%	5.5%
4/1996	4.8%	5.6%
5/1996	4.8%	5.6%
6/1996	4.9%	5.3%
7/1996	5.1%	5.5%
8/1996	4.5%	5.1%
9/1996	4.6%	5.2%
10/1996	4.5%	5.2%
11/1996	4.9%	5.4%
12/1996	4.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/1995	5.3%	5.6%
2/1995	4.9%	5.4%
3/1995	4.8%	5.4%
4/1995	4.6%	5.8%
5/1995	4.4%	5.6%
6/1995	4.8%	5.6%
7/1995	5.0%	5.7%
8/1995	4.8%	5.7%
9/1995	4.7%	5.6%
10/1995	4.6%	5.5%
11/1995	4.8%	5.6%
12/1995	4.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/1994	7.4%	6.6%
2/1994	7.0%	6.6%
3/1994	6.8%	6.5%
4/1994	6.0%	6.4%
5/1994	5.5%	6.1%
6/1994	5.7%	6.1%
7/1994	5.7%	6.1%
8/1994	5.2%	6.0%
9/1994	4.9%	5.9%
10/1994	4.5%	5.8%
11/1994	4.2%	5.6%
12/1994	4.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/1993	8.3%	7.3%
2/1993	7.9%	7.1%
3/1993	7.2%	7.0%
4/1993	6.6%	7.1%
5/1993	6.4%	7.1%
6/1993	6.7%	7.0%
7/1993	6.5%	6.9%
8/1993	5.9%	6.8%
9/1993	6.0%	6.7%
10/1993	6.1%	6.8%
11/1993	6.0%	6.6%
12/1993	6.1%	6.5%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/1992	8.1%	7.3%
2/1992	8.4%	7.4%
3/1992	7.9%	7.4%
4/1992	7.1%	7.4%
5/1992	7.2%	7.6%
6/1992	7.9%	7.8%
7/1992	7.5%	7.7%
8/1992	7.1%	7.6%
9/1992	7.0%	7.6%
10/1992	6.6%	7.3%
11/1992	6.8%	7.4%
12/1992	7.1%	7.4%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/1991	7.2%	6.4%
2/1991	7.7%	6.6%
3/1991	7.6%	6.8%
4/1991	6.6%	6.7%
5/1991	6.2%	6.9%
6/1991	6.5%	6.9%
7/1991	6.3%	6.8%
8/1991	5.8%	6.9%
9/1991	5.8%	6.9%
10/1991	5.6%	7.0%
11/1991	5.9%	7.0%
12/1991	6.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	OH %	National %
1/1990	6.9%	5.4%
2/1990	6.2%	5.3%
3/1990	5.6%	5.2%
4/1990	5.9%	5.4%
5/1990	5.4%	5.4%
6/1990	5.3%	5.2%
7/1990	5.4%	5.5%
8/1990	5.2%	5.7%
9/1990	5.2%	5.9%
10/1990	5.0%	5.9%
11/1990	5.6%	6.2%
12/1990	5.9%	6.3%