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Ohio jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Ohio’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. 9,824 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 78 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

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Ohio economy

  • 3.4%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.3% the month before

  • 5,853,739

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 11,780,046

    people in Ohio

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $69,680

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Ohio outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

  • Private-sector jobs up 1.8% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 0.9% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.3%, down 0.7 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+72,751 jobs), hotels & food (+20,184 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−31,435 jobs), finance & insurance (−10,711 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Ohio. Each link goes to the publisher.

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Ohio layoffs

  • 78

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 9,161

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 73

    employers

Layoff notices filed in Ohio, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
EndeavorsTakes effect Dec 31, 2026Unknown County9LayoffState record
The BladeTakes effect Dec 17, 2026Wood County116ClosureState record
Morton SaltTakes effect Oct 26, 2026Lake County77LayoffState record
The BladeTakes effect Dec 31, 2026Wood County116ClosureState record
Markdom Plastics USA IncSandusky County4LayoffState record
Markdom Plastics USA IncTakes effect Dec 11, 2026Huron County78ClosureState record
Markdom Plastics USA IncTakes effect Dec 11, 2026Sandusky County78ClosureState record
Pixelle Specialty Solutions FremontTakes effect Dec 1, 2026Sandusky County61ClosureState record
Packaging Corporation of AmericaTakes effect Dec 1, 2026Butler County91ClosureState record
Ardor Delivery ServicesTakes effect Nov 26, 2026Montgomery County179ClosureState record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Ohio

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. Vertiv Holdings194 open roles
  2. Medpace Holdings149 open roles
  3. Amazon137 open roles
  4. Anduril Industries104 open roles
  5. American Honda Motor96 open roles
  6. General Electric95 open roles
  7. Modern Technology Solutions80 open roles
  8. State of Ohio76 open roles
  9. Creative Financial Staffing74 open roles
  10. FirstEnergy Akron69 open roles
  11. Procter & Gamble69 open roles
  12. STERIS67 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Ohio

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Ohio

  • 90

    public and private non-profit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 624,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Ohio

Largest colleges in Ohio
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Kent State University at KentKentPublic 4-year20,000+
Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbusPublic 4-year20,000+
Ohio University-Main CampusAthensPublic 4-year20,000+
University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnatiPublic 4-year20,000+
Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling GreenPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Case Western Reserve UniversityClevelandPrivate non-profit 4-year10,000–19,999
Cleveland State UniversityClevelandPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Miami University-OxfordOxfordPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of Akron Main CampusAkronPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of DaytonDaytonPrivate non-profit 4-year10,000–19,999
University of ToledoToledoPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Wright State University-Main CampusDaytonPublic 4-year10,000–19,999

All 90 Ohio colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Ohio. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Ohio? How to file for unemployment in Ohio (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

86 American Job Centers in Ohio

Job fairs and business events in Ohio

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Ohio.

Conferences in Ohio

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Ohio, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 31 with dates announced.

Showing 24 of 41 conferences, 31 with dates announced.

All conferences

Ohio counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Show all 88

Ohio cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Show all 277

Laid off or looking for work in Ohio?

See what to do first, what Ohio unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; layoff notices from Ohio’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Ohio unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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