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The on Friday reported that the state’w seasonally adjusted jobless rate roseto 10.8 percen in May from 6.3 percentg a year ago. It was the highestt monthly rate in Ohio sinceOctober 1983. The jobless rate stooxd at 10.2 percent in April. Department Directorf Douglas Lumpkin said the stat saw an increasein service-sector jobs last but most of those gains were offset by a continued loss in manufacturingf jobs. Adding to the spike in the unemploymentr rate, he said, was an influx in workerx rejoining the labor market by resuming their job The state’s employed work forces last month stood at 5.
13 million, down about 200 workers over the The department logged 646,000 unemployed Ohio workers, up 37,000o from a month The national jobless rate took a similar leap last climbing to a seasonally adjusted 9.4 percen t from 8.9 percent in April. Ohio pland to release its county and metropolitan unemploymenft statistics for May onJune 23.