Preliminary labor market survey data say local hiring is up, but the region’s job growth in the first half of 2025 trailed behind most of Ohio’s other urban areas.

The jobs report shows local governments going on a hiring spree. Did they? It turns out there was not a surge in hiring. Instead, the seasonal adjustment to the data, meant to account for schools ...

Job growth exceeded expectations in June as an unusual surge in public education hiring masked a slowdown in employment across the rest of the economy.

The public sector added 73,000 jobs in June, a surprising gain driven by state and local government hiring. State government payrolls rose by 47,000 last month, driven largely by hiring in education.