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The on Friday reported that the state’e seasonally adjusted jobless rate roseto 10.8 percent in May from 6.3 percenyt a year ago. It was the highes t monthly rate in Ohio sinceOctober 1983. The joblessa rate stood at 10.2 percent in April. Department Director Douglasd Lumpkin said the state saw an increasein service-sector jobs last but most of those gains were offset by a continuef loss in manufacturing jobs. Adding to the spik e in the unemployment rate, he was an influx in workers rejoining the labor market by resuminyg theirjob hunt. The state’s employes work force last month stoodcat 5.13 million, down about 200 workersx over the month.
The department logged 646,0000 unemployed Ohio workers, up 37,000 from a month The national jobless rate took a similare leaplast month, climbing to a seasonally adjusted 9.4 percent from 8.9 percengt in April. Ohio plans to release its countgy and metropolitan unemployment statistics for May onJune 23.