State labor market
Ohio labor market
Current statewide hiring activity plus occupation-level employment and pay for Ohio. OEWS answers what occupations pay and how many workers BLS estimates are employed; the postings measures show more current statewide hiring activity.
Current statewide signal
Ohio hiring snapshot
Indeed job-postings measures across all occupations in Ohio.
Indeed job postings only. Postings are not a count of all vacancies or hires, Indeed does not cover the whole labor market, and this is statewide activity across all occupations, not an occupation health score. Each series is seasonally adjusted and indexed to its own February 1, 2020 level, so a higher index does not mean more jobs than another state. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved Sep 26, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and differences.
Occupations & pay
Where Ohio workers are employed
The eight largest occupations in our tracked OEWS catalog, by BLS estimated employment. These are estimated jobs held, not current openings or a count of unique people.
General and operations managers
153,160estimated employmentLaborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
108,830estimated employmentHome health and personal care aides
106,940estimated employmentPay examples
Selected occupation pay examples
The same familiar occupations on every state page. Each U.S. figure uses the same measure (annual or hourly) as the Ohio figure beside it.
- Registered nurses$82,510/yr Ohio median annualU.S. $97,550/yr
- Software developers$114,090/yr Ohio median annualU.S. $135,980/yr
- Electricians$64,700/yr Ohio median annualU.S. $63,190/yr
- Accountants and auditors$79,320/yr Ohio median annualU.S. $83,680/yr
- Elementary school teachers, except special education$77,370/yr Ohio median annualU.S. $63,970/yr
- Marketing managers$132,330/yr Ohio median annualU.S. $166,790/yr
Pay compared with the U.S.
How Ohio occupation pay differs
Up to 5 occupations per side with at least 1,000 estimated Ohio workers and published state and U.S. median annual wages, ordered by the largest percentage gap. Nominal wages, not adjusted for cost of living; not a demand or overall market ranking, and not a test of statistical significance.
Higher median than U.S.
- Pipelayers$71,560/yr state median · 1,160 workers+46.0%vs. U.S. $49,000/yr
- Engine and other machine assemblers$74,750/yr state median · 3,430 workers+39.2%vs. U.S. $53,710/yr
- Commercial pilots$150,330/yr state median · 2,680 workers+22.0%vs. U.S. $123,220/yr
- Sheet metal workers$74,790/yr state median · 4,180 workers+21.0%vs. U.S. $61,800/yr
- Elementary school teachers, except special education$77,370/yr state median · 47,870 workers+20.9%vs. U.S. $63,970/yr
Lower median than U.S.
- Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates$95,260/yr state median · 1,720 workers-38.1%vs. U.S. $153,990/yr
- Office and administrative support workers, all other$30,060/yr state median · 2,760 workers-34.2%vs. U.S. $45,670/yr
- Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators$47,980/yr state median · 1,130 workers-31.5%vs. U.S. $70,070/yr
- Personal care and service workers, all other$28,600/yr state median · 1,200 workers-31.3%vs. U.S. $41,600/yr
- Health specialties teachers, postsecondary$74,720/yr state median · 5,670 workers-30.4%vs. U.S. $107,310/yr
Explore occupations
Occupation pay in Ohio
Search every tracked OEWS occupation record for Ohio. Links marked “Ohio report” open a detailed state report; links marked “National report” open the U.S. occupation report because no Ohio report is available.
720 occupations · showing 1–25
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), reference period May 2025; our data connection last checked Sep 23, 2026. OEWS covers wage and salary jobs and excludes the self-employed. “Top-coded” means BLS publishes only that the wage is at or above its reporting ceiling; “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate. Missing values are never estimated. These occupation wages are separate from the QCEW industry trends on detailed occupation pages.