Summit County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meSummit 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
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)
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- 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.
Summit County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Summit 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.
Employers hiring most in Summit 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.
- FirstEnergy Akron62 open roles
- Babcock International Group PLC/ADR27 open roles
- Firstenergy22 open roles
- Akron Childrens Hospital19 open roles
- Akron Children's14 open roles
- Creative Financial Staffing11 open roles
- Emcor7 open roles
- Kafkis7 open roles
- Integrity Technical Services6 open roles
- Amazon5 open roles
Largest employers headquartered in Summit County
- 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.
Colleges in Summit County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Akron Main Campus | Akron | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
| Herzing University-Akron | Akron | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Summit 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).
- Summit/Medina Workforce Development Board
Medina, Summit
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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