Ohio Economic Experts Panel

Most Recent Survey

January 26, 2026: Job Growth

Job growth in Ohio is currently down. According to a 2022 report by the Greater Ohio Policy Center, the state labor force declined by 91,000 between 2000 and 2020. Despite unemployment rates in Ohio decreasing in the last few months of 2025, the labor force actually shrunk.

Question A: Ohio’s regulatory environment has a negative effect on job growth relative to comparable states.

Question B: Ohio’s tax structure negatively affects the location and retention decisions of high-skill workers.

Question C: Misalignment between Ohio’s education and workforce training systems and employer skill demands is limiting statewide job growth.

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Goal: Policymakers need information from experts to craft policy that is effective, efficient, and equitable. The Ohio Economic Experts Panel is a tool for promoting better policy outcomes by providing policymakers, policy influencers, and the public with the informed opinions of Ohio’s leading economists.

About: The Ohio Economic Experts Panel consists of over 40 economists from colleges and universities throughout the state of Ohio. Panelists answer monthly questions of relevance to state policy indicating the degree to which they agree or disagree with a policy question and their confidence in their answer based on available evidence.

The Ohio Economic Experts Panel is a social bottom line service of Scioto Analysis, a public policy analysis firm based in Columbus, Ohio.

Suggest Questions : If you would like to suggest a question for the Ohio Economic Experts Panel, please email it to michael@sciotoanalysis.com. Questions most likely to be chosen will be those posed as agree/disagree propositions.

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