Report: Ohio Lost 262,383 Jobs Since 2000

[OhioChick]

Source: AP

POSTED: 9:16 am EST February 5, 2009

CLEVELAND -- A new report says Ohio lost 262,383 jobs since 2000, or about 5 percent of its work force.

The majority of those were manufacturing jobs, with 218,453 factory positions disappearing since 2001, or 23 percent of the state's total seven years ago.

Meanwhile the average Ohio worker is making 1 percent less than in 2000 even without considering inflation.

Cleveland economist George Zeller compiled the report for Cuyahoga County government by analyzing state job data.

Zeller says the loss of jobs and wages is an economic emergency for the state.

Ohio's unemployment rate of 7.8 percent is the highest in the state in more than 20 years.

Read more: http://www.newsnet5.com/money/18647113/detail.html

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Things just keep getting worse and worse here. :(

[FedUpWithIt All]

1. And we haven't seen anything yet.

:(

I just keep trying to warn people. They are finally (years in coming) starting to listen.

[BR_Parkway]

2. I really thought it would be a much higher number for Ohio.