Labor availability
Ohio has a statewide workforce of approximate 14 million with an improving unemployment rate just above the national average. In Ohio's key industries:
- 240,200 are employed in finance and insurance
- 180,400 are employed by transportation and warehousing
- 121,000 people are employed in motor vehicle and parts production
- 85,400 people are employed in machinery manufacturing
- 71,000 people are employed in plastics and rubber production
- 54,800 are employed in food processing
- 48,300 are employed in chemical manufacturing
- 14,400 are employed in aerospace product and parts manufacturing
