Ohioans are back to work but make less

The Dayton Daily News cites Hamilton Project research showing that workers who lost their jobs during the Great Recession were likely to experience a significant earnings loss after finding new employment. Before workers lost their job, they earned roughly $3,640 per month, or $43,700 annually on average. Two years following their job loss, the average earnings of this group fell to $1,910 per month, about $23,000 annually—48 percent lower than their average pre-job earnings. Read the full piece here, and read the full Dayton Daily News article here.