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Total non-farm jobs grew by 4,500 in those counties, according to the BLS, with the education and health services category leading with growth of about 3,000 jobs from October 2017 to October 2018, a 3.9 percent increase.
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Trade, transportation and utility jobs grew by 1,500 jobs over that year. Government shed about 2,400 jobs, a 3.8 percent decrease.
Unemployment in the Dayton area is pegged at 4.2 percent, slightly higher than the 3.9 percent national rate. In Montgomery County, the October 2018 jobless rate was 4.4 percent, the same as the previous October.
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