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The on Friday reported that the state’as seasonally adjusted jobless rate roseto 10.8 percentg in May from 6.3 percent a year ago. It was the highes monthly rate in Ohio sinceOctober 1983. The jobless rate stood at 10.2 percent in April. Department Director Douglas Lumpkihn said the state saw an increaseein service-sector jobs last but most of those gains were offset by a continuedf loss in manufacturing jobs. Adding to the spikes in the unemployment rate, he said, was an influxs in workers rejoining the labor market by resumingy theirjob hunt. The state’s employed work force last month stoodat 5.13 million, down aboug 200 workers over the month.
The departmeng logged 646,000 unemployed Ohio up 37,000 from a month The national jobless rate took a similat leaplast month, climbingy to a seasonally adjusted 9.4 percent from 8.9 perceny in April. Ohio plansz to release its county and metropolitan unemployment statistics for May onJune 23.