Ohio · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Ohio

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Ohio, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Ohio had about 5,534,200 people on their payrolls across roughly 346,916 establishments, with average annual pay of $68,300.

Total employment in Ohio grew 8.0% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 5,534,200. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Ohio are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

5,534,200Employment, 2025
346,916Establishments
$68,300Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Ohio	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	19,840	0.4%	0.45	pub.
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	8,596	0.2%	0.42	pub.
23	Construction	266,332	4.8%	0.89	pub.
31-33	Manufacturing	675,544	12.2%	1.50	pub.
22	Utilities	28,201	0.5%	0.90	pub.
42	Wholesale Trade	234,522	4.2%	1.09	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	538,312	9.7%	0.98	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	284,704	5.1%	1.06	pub.
51	Information	78,453	1.4%	0.74	pub.
52	Finance and Insurance	231,568	4.2%	1.03	pub.
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	69,503	1.3%	0.80	pub.
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	292,789	5.3%	0.76	pub.
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	153,526	2.8%	1.66	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	297,572	5.4%	0.92	pub.
61	Educational Services	434,364	7.8%	0.92	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	954,219	17.2%	1.07	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	101,804	1.8%	0.94	pub.
72	Accommodation and Food Services	481,981	8.7%	0.95	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	160,501	2.9%	0.96	pub.
92	Public Administration	221,676	4.0%	0.79	pub.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	5,534,202	346,916	$68,296	0.3%	pub.
2024	5,520,656	343,272	$65,897	0.7%	pub.
2023	5,480,035	336,491	$63,083	1.6%	pub.
2022	5,392,612	328,186	$60,994	2.8%	pub.
2021	5,246,891	315,104	$58,350	2.4%	pub.
2020	5,123,767	305,255	$55,872	5.8%	pub.
2019	5,439,351	301,813	$52,125	0.6%	pub.
2018	5,405,891	297,482	$50,573	0.8%	pub.
2017	5,364,626	296,022	$49,153	0.8%	pub.
2016	5,319,679	293,074	$47,700	1.2%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Ohio	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	384,231	6.9%	0.99
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	345,920	6.3%	0.94
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	147,927	2.7%	0.80
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	101,950	1.8%	1.10
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	39,919	0.7%	0.77
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	91,427	1.7%	0.97
23-0000	Legal occupations	34,169	0.6%	0.74
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	321,206	5.8%	0.99
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	63,701	1.1%	0.87
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	401,759	7.3%	1.15
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	239,516	4.3%	0.86
33-0000	Protective service occupations	120,332	2.2%	0.91
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	492,365	8.9%	1.01
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	151,085	2.7%	0.93
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	95,520	1.7%	0.83
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	453,703	8.2%	0.95
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	635,127	11.5%	0.97
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	5,606	0.1%	0.36
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	195,705	3.5%	0.86
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	220,487	4.0%	1.02
51-0000	Production occupations	455,308	8.2%	1.48
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	537,236	9.7%	1.10

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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