Ohio workforce development boards and American Job Centers

Ohio at a glance

• 3.3%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

• 78

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

  naming 9,161 workers

• 86

  American Job Centers

• 90

  colleges in the IPEDS directory

  public and private nonprofit

See every Ohio layoff notice

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

Workforce boards

• Area 10 Workforce Development Board

  Crawford, Richland

• Aspyr - Area 11

  Franklin

• BCW/Workforce Development Board

  Butler, Clermont, Warren

• Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Workforce Development Board - Area 3

  Cuyahoga

• Fairfield County Economic & Workforce Development/WIOA Area 20, Pickaway, Ross, Fairfield, Hocking and Vinton Counties

  Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross, Vinton

• Greater Ohio Workforce Board, Inc.

  Allen, Ashland, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Coshocton, Darke, Defiance, Delaware, Erie, Fayette, Fulton, Gallia, Greene, Guernsey, Hancock, Henry, Highland, Holmes, Huron, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Licking, Logan, Madison, Marion, Miami, Montgomery, Morrow, Muskingum, Ottawa, Paulding, Preble, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Shelby, Union, Wayne, Williams, Wood, Wyandot

• Lake County Workforce Development Board

  Lake

• Lorain County Workforce Development Board

  Lorain

• Lucas County Workforce Development Board

  Lucas

• Northeast Ohio Consortium Council of Governments, Agent for the Ohio Area 19 Workforce Development Board (Ashtabula, Geauga, and Portage Counties)

  Ashtabula, Geauga, Portage

• OhioMeansJobs - Area 14 Workforce Development Board

  Athens, Meigs, Perry

• OhioMeansJobs - Area 15 Workforce Development Board

  Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Washington

• OhioMeansJobs - Area 16 Workforce Development Board

  Belmont, Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson

• OhioMeansJobs - Area 18 Workforce Development Board

  Trumbull

• OhioMeansJobs - Area 8 Workforce Development Board

  Auglaize, Hardin, Mercer, Van Wert

• Stark Tuscarawas Workforce Development Board

  Stark, Tuscarawas

• Summit/Medina Workforce Development Board

  Medina, Summit

• WDA 17, Workforce Development Board of Mahoning and Columbiana Counties

  Columbiana, Mahoning

• Workforce Council of Southwest Ohio (Southwest OH Region Workforce Investment Board)

  Hamilton

• Workforce Development Area 1 Adams, Brown, Pike, & Scioto Counties

  Adams, Brown, Pike, Scioto

American Job Centers