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The on Friday reported that the state’s seasonallyy adjusted jobless rate roseto 10.8 percent in May from 6.3 percen a year ago. It was the highest monthly rate in Ohio sinceOctober 1983. The jobless rate stood at 10.2 percent in April. Department Director Douglas Lumpkin said the state saw an increasrin service-sector jobs last month, but most of those gains were offsetf by a continued loss in manufacturing Adding to the spike in the unemploymentt rate, he said, was an influx in workers rejoiningh the labor market by resuming their job The state’s employed work force last month stooxd at 5.13 million, down about 200 workerw over the month.
The department logged 646,000 unemployes Ohio workers, up 37,000 from a month earlier. The national joblessw rate took a simila r leaplast month, climbing to a seasonallyt adjusted 9.4 percent from 8.9 percenty in April. Ohio plans to releasse its county and metropolitan unemployment statisticds for May onJune 23.