Stark County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Stark County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 88 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Stark County economy

3.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.3% the month before
178,700
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
373,764
people in Stark County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$65,740
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Stark 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 2.1% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 0.2% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.7%, down 0.6 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,406 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+2,050 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−1,918 jobs), admin & staffing (−1,199 jobs)

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Stark County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Stark County 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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Employers hiring most in Stark County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Metallus8 open roles
Michels4 open roles
Creative Financial Staffing3 open roles
Integrity Technical Services3 open roles
Mastec3 open roles
Adams Thermal Systems2 open roles
Cintas2 open roles
Dan Toussant & Associates2 open roles
Giant Eagle2 open roles
IES Holdings2 open roles

Colleges in Stark County

Colleges in Stark County
College	City	Type	Students
Malone University	Canton	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
University of Mount Union	Alliance	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Walsh University	North Canton	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences	Canton	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Stark County. 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).

Stark Tuscarawas Workforce Development Board
Stark, Tuscarawas

OhioMeansJobs Stark County
Canton · Comprehensive · 330-433-9675
Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Ohio’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Ohio unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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