COLUMBUS, Ohio – Jobs posted on-line by way of OhioMeansJobs.com elevated 7,778 in Might, the very best level of job vacancies prior to now 4 years.
A complete of 339,393 job vacancies have been posted between April 14 and Might 14, in keeping with a report launched on Friday. That was a rise of 88,388 over the earlier yr.
There are extra postings than unemployed jobseekers. In Might, the Ohio Division of Job and Household Companies put its unemployment charge at 3.9%, the bottom in at the very least two years. The state’s complete labor pressure was 5.79 million, with solely 226,300 unemployed.
Domestically, the unemployment charge in Columbiana County was 3.8%, adopted by Mahoning at 4% and Trumbull at 4.1%.
Statewide, 52.2% of job listings are for upper-middle-income ($50,000-$79,000) and middle-income ($30,000-$49,000) jobs. Higher-middle earnings alternatives got here in at 26.2%, adopted by middle-income at 26%, six-figure jobs at 22%, entry-level (lower than $30,000) at 14.8%, and high-income jobs ($80,000-$99,000) with 11%. .
Registered nurse (16,042) continues to steer the occupations with probably the most vacancies in Ohio, adopted by truck and truck drivers (13,422), first-line supervisors of retail staff (11,785), and software program engineers (10,873).
Nationally, nearly all of job openings are for a high faculty diploma at 42.2%, intently adopted by GED/high faculty training at 39.6%. In Northeast Ohio, most jobs, 43.7%, are for a GED/high faculty diploma, with 37.7% requiring a high faculty diploma. Ads within the requested area 13.4% have an affiliate diploma, 2.6% have a grasp’s diploma and a pair of.5% have a doctorate, all similar to the nationwide figures.
In northeast Ohio’s 18-county Mahoning, Columbiana, and Trumbull area, 110,592 job openings have been posted throughout the identical interval, up 1,208 month-on-month and 25,862 year-on-year.
On this area, employers are searching for registered nurses (6,414), retail clerk supervisors (4,669), heavy truck and tractor-trailer drivers (4,193) and retail clerks (3,245).
Wage ranges on this space are 28.7% center earnings, 27.5% higher center earnings, 16.9% entry level, 16.8% six determine, and 10.1% high earnings.
Printed by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.