Akron, OH jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Akron

• Junior Web DesignerPixel Innovations
• Staff AccountantStivers
• Payroll SpecialistRobert Half
• Regional VP, Business Development - Growth & Partnerships (Remote)Local Infusion
• Account ExecutiveOctup
• Sales Engineer - GTM Technology (Presales)Ikuto
• Capital Equipment Sales Engineer - 80% TravelSearch Masters
• Capital Equipment Sales EngineerSearch Masters
• Strategic Procurement Specialist - OEMBW Integrated Systems
• Credit AnalystSmartTech Solutions

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Employers hiring most in Akron

1. FirstEnergy Akron62 open roles
2. Babcock International Group PLC/ADR27 open roles
3. Firstenergy22 open roles
4. Akron Childrens Hospital19 open roles
5. Akron Children's14 open roles
6. Creative Financial Staffing7 open roles
7. Integrity Technical Services5 open roles
8. Amazon4 open roles
9. Michael Page4 open roles
10. Signet Jewelers4 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Akron

• Summa Health1,001–5,000 employees

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

Akron layoffs

No layoff notices naming Akron in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Colleges in Akron

Summit County 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 0.4% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 0.3% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.7%, down 0.6 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+5,780 jobs), hotels & food (+952 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: management of companies (−3,221 jobs), transportation & warehousing (−2,531 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Akron

• Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Akron. 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).

• Summit/Medina Workforce Development Board

  Medina, Summit

• OhioMeansJobs Summit County

  Akron · Comprehensive · 330-633-1050

  Mon-Fri, 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Summit County economy

• 3.7%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.3% the month before

• 269,402

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 538,087

  people in Summit County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $71,016

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 41%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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