Posted on 10/14/2009 11:33:19 PM PDT by Chet 99
Ohio Industrial Jobs Shrink by 106,000
Oct. 14, 2009 6:46 a.m.
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Industrial employment in Ohio fell 10.4% over the past 24 months according to the 2010 Ohio Manufacturers Directory. Ohio lost 106,629 manufacturing jobs over the past two years, with 27,398 jobs lost between August 2007 and August 2008 and 79,231 industrial jobs from then to August 2009.
Over the same period, Ohio lost 1,198 manufacturers, or 6%.
Ohio is home to 18,762 manufacturers employing 918,721 workers, compared to a high of 1.3 million industrial workers and 21,000 manufacturers in 1994.
The loss of nearly 80,000 manufacturing jobs over the past 12 months marks the sharpest decline reported in the 26 years that Manufacturers' News has been tracking the state's industry.
By geographic sector, northeast Ohio accounts for the largest share of the state's industrial employment with 340,813 manufacturing jobs, down 9% over the past 24 months. Southwest Ohio ranks second at 218,465 jobs, down 14%. Northwest Ohio is home to 134,340 jobs, down 8.9%, while south central Ohio is home to 96,403 jobs, down 5.6%. north central Ohio accounts for 91,817 jobs, down 11.6% while southeast Ohio saw industrial employment drop 13% over the past 24 months and currently is home to 36,883 manufacturing jobs.
"As with the entire nation, the recession continues to hit Ohio's core sectors, particularly the auto industry, while the faltering housing market has affected industries such as wood products, furniture and building products," said Tom Dubin, president of the publishing company.
Employment in the lumber and wood sector saw the sharpest decline, down 44% over the past 24 months, and employment in furniture/fixtures saw an 11.4% drop.
Ohio's top manufacturing sector remains industrial machinery and equipment with 144,747 of the state's industrial jobs, down 4.4%. Second-ranked fabricated metal products accounts for 107,344 of the state's industrial jobs, down 11%. Third-ranked transportation equipment saw one of the worst drops in employment, down 20.5% as a result of the glut of auto sector layoffs and plant closings including the closure of General Motors' Moraine assembly plant and Delphi's Dayton plant. The transportation equipment sector currently accounts for 93,391 industrial jobs.
All other sectors in Ohio lost jobs within the past 24 months and included chemicals/allied products, down 21.8%; primary metals, down 16.3%; paper products, down 11.8%; electronics, down 10.3%; textiles/apparel, down 9.7%; stone/clay/glass, down 6.3%; printing/publishing, down 4.9% and food products, down 1.6%.
Despite the losses, some bright spots have emerged recently, including the opening of shipping container manufacturer CSafe LLC in Moraine and the opening of LAH Development LLC's wind turbine facility in Greenville.
Cincinnati is Ohio's top city for manufacturing employment, home to 83,343 jobs, down 14% over the past two years. Second-ranked Cleveland accounts for 64,775 jobs, with employment down 13.5%. Columbus is home to 47,200 jobs, down 3.1% over the year, while Dayton saw employment decline 28% and is currently home to 27,114 manufacturing jobs. Industrial employment in fifth-ranked Toledo declined 5% and now has 23,445 manufacturing jobs.
Manufacturers' News Inc., publisher of manufacturers' directories since 1912, compiles and produces manufacturing guides, statistics and databases for all 50 states.
But my buddy ol’ pal Joe Biden says that porkulus has worked beyond his wildest dreams! I’m literally weeping for joy!
Sarcasm OFF
The democrat party is not finished with crushing the Ohio economy into rubble. The democrat party is in fact just warming up.
Health “reform,” massive new taxes, and Cap and Trade await, not to mention the total mismanagement of every aspect of the US economy.
Who is this “Joe Biden” that you speak of?
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Our constantly-gaffing VP who supposedly headed up the porkulus project. He claims that it has saved jobs and created new ones (not all in industry of course), but there isn’t any wealth creation in these jobs. Rather, there is a simple redistribution of existing wealth to fund pork barrel projects.
Eh, sounds convincing, but still not clear on this “Joe Biden” fellow you seem to be making up out of nothing.
I wonder what all the medical professionals in the Cleveland area think of the “health care reform” plans....Anybody know??....
Ohio, you voted for Zero, how’s that hope and change working out for ya?
Stimulus working beyond anyone’s ‘hope and change’ expectations. Bet.
T. Package RN
this can’t be true. The MSMwhores said the recession is over.
The Unions are clinging to a sinking ship.
“Green shoots” anyone?
They forgot coal. Coal industry workers..........
Any state supporting Detroit is hurting in nearly all sectors.
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