Cleveland, Ohio Employment

Cleveland Employment

Employment and Industries in the Cleveland, Ohio Area

While often associated with images of "the rust belt" and heavy manufacturing, the Cleveland area economy has diversified to provide ample opportunity for business and professional growth. The Cleveland area is home to over fifteen Fortune 1000 company headquarters. The largest company headquartered in the Cleveland area is Progressive. Probably the most famous companies headquartered in the area are Sherwin-Williams, KeyCorp, and American Greetings.

Major business honors and awards that have been received by the Cleveland metropolitan area include:

The Cleveland area ranked 24th among the 50 top large cities on Entrepreneur magazine's 2005 list of "Hot Cities for Entrepreneurs".
The Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor area ranked 61st on Inc. magazine's 2006 list of "Best Cities for Doing Business" in the large cities category. The 2005 survey ranked the area 39th for the "Most Balanced Economy and Growth".
The Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor area received a "5-Star Business Opportunity Metro" ranking from Expansion Management’s 2005 Mayor’s Challenge ranking of the "Top Business Opportunity Metros".

Diversifying beyond its traditional manufacturing base, emerging and major industries in the Cleveland area include:

Commercial banking/financial services
Health care/health sciences
Insurance
Transportation
Retailing
Utilities

Driven by organizations such as the world famous Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals of Cleveland, biotechnology, health care, and health or life sciences have become a major industry in the Cleveland area. Cleveland ranks in the top twenty-five U.S. cities for funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Cleveland is also home to the Port of Cleveland, one of the busiest Great Lakes cargo ports. The port annually handles 12 to 16 million metric tons of cargo and supports nearly 11,000 jobs and approximately $600 million in income. The value of imports and exports averages about $1 billion annually.

For business travelers, the Cleveland area is served by two airports:

The Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE)
The Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport (BKL)

Companies with headquarters or major operations in the Cleveland metropolitan area include:

Agilysys
Aleris International
American Greetings
Applied Ind. Technologies
Cleveland-Cliffs
Eaton Corporation
Forest City Enterprises
Invacare
Jones Day
KeyCorp
Lincoln Electric Holdings
Lubrizol
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Nacco Industries
NASA Glenn Research Center
National City Corporation
Parker Hannifin
PolyOne
Progressive
RPM International
Sherwin-Williams Company

Business organizations/associations in the Cleveland area include:

The Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland
The Greater Cleveland Partnership
JumpStart
NorTech
The Northeast Ohio Software Association (NEOSA)

Crain's Cleveland Business, and the "Business Section" of the Plain Dealer are both good sources of information on business in the Cleveland area.

Jobs in Cleveland

Rank	Title	Total Employees	Local Mean Salary (Per Year)	Local Mean Salary (Per hour)	National Growth % 2014-2024
1	All Occupations	1047350	$52,050	$25.03	100
2	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	146610	$40,750	$19.59	13.75
3	Sales and Related Occupations	99830	$43,930	$21.12	9.5
4	Production Occupations	91260	$39,940	$19.2	5.6
5	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	89800	$24,270	$11.67	8.7
6	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	78480	$36,700	$17.64	6.7
7	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	77910	$84,470	$40.61	5.85
8	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	63990	$75,640	$36.37	5.35
9	Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	55830	$59,650	$28.68	6
10	Management Occupations	50910	$117,440	$56.46	6.35
11	Healthcare Support Occupations	44120	$29,900	$14.38	2.85
12	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	39300	$48,690	$23.41	3.75
13	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	32640	$79,330	$38.14	3
14	Construction and Extraction Occupations	31150	$54,770	$26.33	4.6
15	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations	30160	$30,650	$14.73	3.6
16	Fast Food and Counter Workers	29910	$22,330	$10.73	2.45
17	Retail Salespersons	29830	$27,630	$13.28	2.7
18	Protective Service Occupations	26960	$45,270	$21.77	2.2
19	Registered Nurses	25600	$71,650	$34.45	1.95
20	Customer Service Representatives	23580	$38,660	$18.59	1.75
21	Office Clerks, General	23490	$38,680	$18.6	1.9
22	Personal Care and Service Occupations	22240	$28,300	$13.61	4.65
23	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	21680	$32,040	$15.41	1.8
24	Cashiers	21230	$23,780	$11.43	2.2
25	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	18970	$23,370	$11.24	0
26	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	17080	$81,490	$39.18	1.7
27	Community and Social Service Occupations	17050	$47,280	$22.73	1.75
28	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	15880	$29,380	$14.13	1.5
29	Waiters and Waitresses	15810	$22,110	$10.63	1.65
30	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	13660	$35,040	$16.85	0.8
31	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	13270	$70,050	$33.68	0.85
32	Nursing Assistants	13060	$29,600	$14.23	0.95
33	Stockers and Order Fillers	12910	$28,850	$13.87	1.25
34	General and Operations Managers	12740	$126,910	$61.01	1.5
35	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	12710	$50,480	$24.27	1.8
36	Accountants and Auditors	11820	$75,330	$36.21	0.9
37	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	11790	$42,430	$20.4	0.9
38	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	11780	$38,070	$18.3	1.4
39	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	11080	$41,770	$20.08	1.05
40	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	10960	$48,010	$23.08	1.2
41	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	9680	$60,370	$29.02	0.95
42	Legal Occupations	9550	$97,580	$46.92	0.8
43	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	9270	$65,780	$31.63	0.8
44	Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	9240	$87,010	$41.83	0.65
45	Cooks, Restaurant	8460	$27,340	$13.15	0.9
46	Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other	8270	$74,910	$36.02	0.7
47	Security Guards	8100	$34,140	$16.42	0.7
48	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	8070	$34,780	$16.72	0.4
49	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	7340	$34,020	$16.35	0.75
50	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	7250	$48,800	$23.46	0.5
51	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	7090	$33,330	$16.03	0.6
52	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	7080	$71,750	$34.5	0.7
53	Computer Systems Analysts	7010	$84,310	$40.53	0.4
54	Receptionists and Information Clerks	6750	$29,640	$14.25	0.7
55	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	6630	$45,170	$21.72	0.95
56	Construction Laborers	6170	$49,890	$23.98	0.9
57	Machinists	6060	$42,290	$20.33	0.2
58	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	6040	$42,880	$20.61	0.35
59	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	6020	$64,700	$31.11	0.4
60	Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	5940	$38,450	$18.49	0.4
61	Physicians, All Other; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	5640	$200,760	$96.52	0.3
62	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	5390	$67,100	$32.26	0.45
63	Light Truck Drivers	5170	$38,160	$18.35	0.6
64	Bartenders	5110	$22,340	$10.74	0.4
65	Human Resources Specialists	5030	$66,830	$32.13	0.4
66	Financial Managers	5010	$150,540	$72.38	0.4
67	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	4920	$61,370	$29.51	0.4
68	Lawyers	4910	$137,520	$66.12	0.5
69	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	4910	$23,730	$11.41	0.9
70	Driver/Sales Workers	4780	$26,850	$12.91	0.3
71	Management Analysts	4690	$112,590	$54.13	0.55
72	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	4480	$45,720	$21.98	0.5
73	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	4450	$28,290	$13.6	0.4
74	Medical Assistants	4360	$35,070	$16.86	0.45
75	Computer User Support Specialists	4170	$50,340	$24.2	0.4
76	Carpenters	4070	$53,770	$25.85	0.6
77	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	4020	$37,310	$17.94	0.4
78	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	4020	$48,440	$23.29	0.2
79	Medical Dosimetrists, Medical Records Specialists, and Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	3990	$47,870	$23.01	0
80	Electricians	3940	$56,360	$27.1	0.45
81	Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	3930	$30,090	$14.47	0.3
82	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	3890	$40,830	$19.63	0.1
83	Insurance Sales Agents	3840	$69,350	$33.34	0.3
84	Social and Human Service Assistants	3830	$36,170	$17.39	0.3
85	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	3820	$69,680	$33.5	0.3
86	Firefighters	3720	$50,310	$24.19	0.2
87	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	3690	$64,110	$30.82	0.25
88	Financial and Investment Analysts, Financial Risk Specialists, and Financial Specialists, All Other	3660	$78,160	$37.58	0.2
89	Passenger Vehicle Drivers, Except Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	3660	$27,810	$13.37	0.3
90	Food Preparation Workers	3580	$24,440	$11.75	0.5
91	Billing and Posting Clerks	3540	$39,460	$18.97	0.3
92	Dishwashers	3470	$22,230	$10.69	0.3
93	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	3450	$55,110	$26.49	0.2
94	Cooks, Fast Food	3300	$23,760	$11.43	0.3
95	Paralegals and Legal Assistants	3260	$48,320	$23.23	0.2
96	Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	3200	$30,270	$14.55	0.3
97	Pharmacy Technicians	3160	$33,800	$16.25	0.3
98	Child, Family, and School Social Workers	3130	$48,240	$23.19	0.2
99	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	3130	$35,190	$16.92	0.1
100	Packers and Packagers, Hand	3130	$26,040	$12.52	0.4

Source: 2019 Occupational Employment Statistics and 2018-28 Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS.gov

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
All Occupations	$52,050	1,047,350
Office and Administrative Support Occupations	$40,750	146,610
Sales and Related Occupations	$43,930	99,830
Production Occupations	$39,940	91,260
Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	$24,270	89,800
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$36,700	78,480
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$84,470	77,910
Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$75,640	63,990
Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$59,650	55,830
Management Occupations	$117,440	50,910
Healthcare Support Occupations	$29,900	44,120
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$48,690	39,300
Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$79,330	32,640
Construction and Extraction Occupations	$54,770	31,150
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations	$30,650	30,160
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$22,330	29,910
Retail Salespersons	$27,630	29,830
Protective Service Occupations	$45,270	26,960
Registered Nurses	$71,650	25,600
Customer Service Representatives	$38,660	23,580
Office Clerks, General	$38,680	23,490
Personal Care and Service Occupations	$28,300	22,240
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$32,040	21,680
Cashiers	$23,780	21,230
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	$23,370	18,970
Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$81,490	17,080
Community and Social Service Occupations	$47,280	17,050
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$29,380	15,880
Waiters and Waitresses	$22,110	15,810
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	$35,040	13,660
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$70,050	13,270
Nursing Assistants	$29,600	13,060
Stockers and Order Fillers	$28,850	12,910
General and Operations Managers	$126,910	12,740
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	$50,480	12,710
Accountants and Auditors	$75,330	11,820
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$42,430	11,790
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$38,070	11,780
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$41,770	11,080
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$48,010	10,960
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$60,370	9,680
Legal Occupations	$97,580	9,550
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$65,780	9,270
Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$87,010	9,240
Cooks, Restaurant	$27,340	8,460
Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$74,910	8,270
Security Guards	$34,140	8,100
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$34,780	8,070
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$34,020	7,340
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	$48,800	7,250

Title

Mean Local Salary

Local Jobs

All Occupations

$52,050

1,047,350

Office and Administrative Support Occupations

$40,750

146,610

Sales and Related Occupations

$43,930

99,830

Production Occupations

$39,940

91,260

Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations

$24,270

89,800

Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

$36,700

78,480

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

$84,470

77,910

Business and Financial Operations Occupations

$75,640

63,990

Educational Instruction and Library Occupations

$59,650

55,830

Management Occupations

$117,440

50,910

Healthcare Support Occupations

$29,900

44,120

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

$48,690

39,300

Computer and Mathematical Occupations

$79,330

32,640

Construction and Extraction Occupations

$54,770

31,150

Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations

$30,650

30,160

Fast Food and Counter Workers

$22,330

29,910

Retail Salespersons

$27,630

29,830

Protective Service Occupations

$45,270

26,960

Registered Nurses

$71,650

25,600

Customer Service Representatives

$38,660

23,580

Office Clerks, General

$38,680

23,490

Personal Care and Service Occupations

$28,300

22,240

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

$32,040

21,680

Cashiers

$23,780

21,230

Home Health and Personal Care Aides

$23,370

18,970

Architecture and Engineering Occupations

$81,490

17,080

Community and Social Service Occupations

$47,280

17,050

Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

$29,380

15,880

Waiters and Waitresses

$22,110

15,810

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators

$35,040

13,660

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products

$70,050

13,270

Nursing Assistants

$29,600

13,060

Stockers and Order Fillers

$28,850

12,910

General and Operations Managers

$126,910

12,740

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

$50,480

12,710

Accountants and Auditors

$75,330

11,820

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

$42,430

11,790

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

$38,070

11,780

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

$41,770

11,080

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

$48,010

10,960

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

$60,370

9,680

Legal Occupations

$97,580

9,550

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

$65,780

9,270

Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

$87,010

9,240

Cooks, Restaurant

$27,340

8,460

Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other

$74,910

8,270

Security Guards

$34,140

8,100

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

$34,780

8,070

Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers

$34,020

7,340

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

$48,800

7,250

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
All Occupations	$52,050	1,047,350
Office and Administrative Support Occupations	$40,750	146,610
Sales and Related Occupations	$43,930	99,830
Production Occupations	$39,940	91,260
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$36,700	78,480
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$84,470	77,910
Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$75,640	63,990
Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$59,650	55,830
Management Occupations	$117,440	50,910
Healthcare Support Occupations	$29,900	44,120
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$48,690	39,300
Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$79,330	32,640
Construction and Extraction Occupations	$54,770	31,150
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations	$30,650	30,160
Retail Salespersons	$27,630	29,830
Protective Service Occupations	$45,270	26,960
Registered Nurses	$71,650	25,600
Customer Service Representatives	$38,660	23,580
Office Clerks, General	$38,680	23,490
Personal Care and Service Occupations	$28,300	22,240
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$32,040	21,680
Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$81,490	17,080
Community and Social Service Occupations	$47,280	17,050
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$29,380	15,880
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	$35,040	13,660
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$70,050	13,270
Nursing Assistants	$29,600	13,060
Stockers and Order Fillers	$28,850	12,910
General and Operations Managers	$126,910	12,740
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	$50,480	12,710
Accountants and Auditors	$75,330	11,820
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$42,430	11,790
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$38,070	11,780
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$41,770	11,080
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$48,010	10,960
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$60,370	9,680
Legal Occupations	$97,580	9,550
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$65,780	9,270
Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$87,010	9,240
Cooks, Restaurant	$27,340	8,460
Project Management Specialists and Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$74,910	8,270
Security Guards	$34,140	8,100
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$34,780	8,070
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$34,020	7,340
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	$48,800	7,250
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$33,330	7,090
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$71,750	7,080
Computer Systems Analysts	$84,310	7,010
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$29,640	6,750
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$45,170	6,630