Ohio Unemployment Rate Rises to 3.4% in September - Business Journal Daily

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio’s unemployment rate increased to 3.4% in September from 3.3% in August but remained below the 4.3% rate recorded in September 2025, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported. The number of unemployed workers in Ohio rose to 196,000 from 195,000 in August. That total was down 62,000 from September 2025. The national unemployment rate increased to 4.2% in September from 4.1% in August but declined from 4.4% a year earlier. Ohio’s labor force participation rate fell to 61.2%, compared with 61.3% in August and 62.3% in September 2025. The national participation rate was 61.8%, up from 61.6% in August but down from 62.5% a year earlier.