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Labor Market Information

NEW:  2003 PCHRA Wage Summary.PDF | 2003 PCHRA Wage Summary.XLS

Portage Labor Market Information on this page may also be viewed and printed in PDF and MS Word formats. 

Portage County LMI - April 2008.pdf  Portage County LMI - April 2008.doc
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NOTE: Beginning October 2002, all Covered Employment and Wages publications are based on the new North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). All previous publications were based on the former Standard Industry Classification (SIC) system. Because of industry code changes between years, there may be substantial employment and wage shifts among industries. More Details

Follow the links below for approximate workforce and population data within a 25 and 40-mile radius of communities with available industrial sites and buildings in Portage County. 

Aurora LMI | Brimfield LMI | Garrettsville LMI | Hiram | Kent LMI | Ravenna LMI
Rootstown LMI | Shalersville LMI | Streetsboro LMI | Tallmadge LMI

Portage County, Ohio – Employment Trends – Civilian Labor Force Estimates

Portage County LMI County
2003
County
2004
County
2005
County
2006
County
2007

State 2007

Civilian Labor Force 86,000 85,700

88,800

90,500

91,000

5,976,500

Employment 81,200 81,000 83,800 85,800

86,100

5,640,100
Unemployment 4,700 4,700 5,000 4,700

4,900

336,400
Unemployment Rate 5.5% 5.5%

5.6%

5.1% 5.4% 5.6%
Source: Ohio Department of Development - Office of Strategic Research - County Profiles 2005
Source: Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services - Bureau of Labor Market Information.
 

Portage County -- Civilian Labor Force Estimates for 2007 & 2008

Month / Year Civilian Labor Force Employment Unemployment Unemployment Rate
February - 2007 90,300 85,000 5,300 5.9%
March - 2007 90,300 85,400 5,000 5.5%
April - 2007 90,400 85,600 4,800 5.3%
May - 2007 90,100 85,800 4,300 4.8%
June - 2007 91,000 86,100 4,900 5.4%
July - 2007 91,800 87,000 4,800 5.2%
August - 2007 91,200 86,400 4,800 5.2%
September - 2007 91,500 86,800 4,800 5.2%
October - 2007 91,600 87,000 4,600 5.0%
November - 2007 91,600 87,000 4,600 5.0%
December - 2007 91,900 86,600 5,300 5.8%
January - 2008 90,000 84,200 5,800 6.5%
February - 2008 90,700 85,200 5,500 6.1%

Source:  Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services - Bureau of Labor Market Information.
http://www.state.oh.us/odjfs/releases/  

Portage County, Ohio -- Average Weekly Earnings by Industrial Sector

LMI (Covered Employment) 1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

% Change

All Industries $535.80

$550.79

$564.48

$586.33

$612.77

14.4%

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing $511.58

$566.51

$595.98

Not
available

$370.48

-27.6%

Mining $726.22

$743.57

$715.42

$732.73

$696.87

.4%

Construction $616.08

$624.90

$643.92

$649.56

$652.98

5.9%

Manufacturing $697.80

$726.01

$733.83

$744.58

$782.92

12.2%

Transportation & Utilities $658.80

$693.79

$725.35

$710.27

Not Avail

4.8%

Wholesale & Retail Trade $356.73

$376.75

$394.93

$602.59

$618.97

73.5%

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate $483.14

$485.67

$511.01

$475.12

$480.45

.6%

Services $387.53

$380.93

$390.67

$462.20

$470.37

21.4%

Government $626.69 $632.97

$651.99

$689.36

$766.58

22.3%

Source:  Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services and ODOD County Profiles - 2003
 

Portage County, Ohio - Employment by Industrial Sector

LMI (Covered Employment)

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

All Industries

51,151

52,352

51,995

51,582

52,051

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing

714

1.37%

Not

Avail.

Not

Avail. 120 .23%

160

.30%
Mining

315

.60%

288

.55%

249

.48%

223

.43%

205

.39%

Construction

2,318

4.5%

2,370

4.53%

2,430

4.67%

2,445

4.74%

2,358

4.53%

Manufacturing

13,984

27%

13,978

26.7%

13,565

26.1%

12,376

23.99%

12,072

23.20%

Transportation & Utilities

1,073

2%

861

1.65%

838

1.61%

Not
Avail.

Not
Avail.

Not
Avail

Not
Avail

Wholesale & Retail Trade

12,043

23.2%

8,113

15.5%

8,050

15.5%

7,835

15.19%

7,998

15.36%

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate

1,065

2%

1,114

2.13%

1,158

2.33%

1,184

2.30%

1,217

2.34%

Services

9,436

18%

14,487

27.6%

14.221

27.4%

14,796

28.68%

15,105

29.02%

Government

11,205

21.5%

11,038

21.1%

11,382

21.9%

11,702

22.69%

11,943

22.94%

Source:  Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services and ODOD County Profiles - 2005

Portage County, Ohio – Top 10 Employers

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