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Akron

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2025
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2021
Average Energy Prices, Cleveland-Akron-Lorain — December 2017 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2018
County Employment and Wages in Ohio — First Quarter 2024 Employment, Pay News Release Oct 2024
Consumer Price Index Historical Table for Cleveland (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2018
Consumer Price Index, Cleveland-Akron —November 2017 Consumer price indexes News Release Dec 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages in Akron — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Aug 2024
Akron, OH Economy at a Glance:
Akron, OH
Data Series Back
Data
Aug
2024
Sept
2024
Oct
2024
Nov
2024
Dec
2024
Jan
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

(2)358.3 (2)358.7 (2)359.6 (2)358.7 (2)359.1  

Employment(1)

(2)342.2 (2)343.1 (2)345.1 (2)342.9 (2)342.3  

Unemployment(1)

(2)16.1 (2)15.6 (2)14.5 (2)15.8 (2)16.7  

Unemployment Rate(3)

(2)4.5 (2)4.4 (2)4.0 (2)4.4 (2)4.7  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

337.5 338.8 341.4 340.6 341.1 (p)333.6

12-month % change

0.6 -0.4 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 (p)0.0

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

16.4 16.2 16.5 16.1 15.6 (p)14.5

12-month % change

3.1 1.9 5.8 5.2 6.1 (p)5.1

Manufacturing(4)

37.1 36.7 36.9 36.9 37.1 (p)37.1

12-month % change

-2.1 -2.7 -1.6 -1.9 -1.6 (p)-0.8

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

69.5 69.0 69.5 70.2 70.8 (p)69.0

12-month % change

0.1 -0.6 -0.1 -2.1 -1.5 (p)-1.0

Information(4)

3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.5 (p)3.5

12-month % change

-10.5 -10.5 -7.9 -8.1 -5.4 (p)-5.4

Financial Activities(4)

17.5 17.4 17.5 17.5 17.6 (p)17.5

12-month % change

-3.3 -3.3 -2.8 -2.8 -1.7 (p)-2.2

Professional and Business Services(4)

49.1 48.5 49.0 48.7 48.1 (p)46.8

12-month % change

-2.2 -2.2 -1.2 -0.8 -0.2 (p)-1.3

Education and Health Services(4)

58.3 58.6 58.9 58.6 59.1 (p)59.3

12-month % change

3.6 4.1 3.3 2.6 3.1 (p)4.0

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

34.2 32.8 32.6 31.5 31.9 (p)29.9

12-month % change

-0.9 -1.2 -1.2 -2.5 -1.5 (p)-4.8

Other Services(4)

13.0 12.9 12.9 13.0 12.9 (p)12.8

12-month % change

2.4 2.4 2.4 3.2 1.6 (p)2.4

Government(4)

39.0 43.3 44.1 44.7 44.5 (p)43.2

12-month % change

6.0 -1.1 -1.8 -0.7 -0.7 (p)0.7

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary