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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Ohio > Cleveland, OH

Cleveland, OH

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Cleveland, OH, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary May 2026
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table May 2026
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2021
Consumer Expenditures for the Cleveland Metropolitan Area: 2013-14 Consumer spending News Release Dec 2015
Average Energy Prices, Cleveland-Akron-Lorain — December 2017 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2018
County Employment and Wages in Ohio — Third Quarter 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Mar 2026
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 Cleveland — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release May 2025
Cleveland, OH Economy at a Glance:
Cleveland, OH
Data Series Back
Data		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025		 Jan
2026		 Feb
2026		 Mar
2026		 Apr
2026

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)1,117.1 (r)1,103.1 1,103.6 1,094.2 1,109.9 (p)1,085.7

Employment(1)

 (r)1,079.4 (r)1,065.5 1,061.2 1,042.8 1,065.0 (p)1,054.1

Unemployment(1)

 (r)37.6 (r)37.5 42.4 51.4 44.9 (p)31.6

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)3.4 (r)3.4 3.8 4.7 4.0 (p)2.9

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,084.7 1,080.4 1,062.4 1,069.2 1,075.5 (p)1,083.7

12-month % change

 -0.9 -0.8 -0.4 -0.1 0.4 (p)0.2

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 43.2 41.7 39.7 39.5 40.8 (p)42.5

12-month % change

 0.5 2.0 2.8 1.8 1.7 (p)1.9

Manufacturing(3)

 122.7 123.2 122.7 122.9 123.0 (p)123.3

12-month % change

 -1.5 -1.6 -1.1 -1.0 -0.7 (p)-0.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 189.9 191.6 186.5 185.2 185.8 (p)186.4

12-month % change

 -2.2 -2.2 -1.2 -0.8 -0.2 (p)-0.3

Information(3)

 13.9 14.1 14.0 13.8 13.8 (p)14.0

12-month % change

 -3.5 -2.1 -2.8 -4.2 -3.5 (p)-1.4

Financial Activities(3)

 70.2 69.9 69.7 69.7 69.6 (p)69.9

12-month % change

 -1.4 -1.5 -0.3 -0.6 -0.4 (p)0.7

Professional and Business Services(3)

 151.0 149.1 147.1 147.5 148.2 (p)149.9

12-month % change

 -3.1 -2.4 -1.3 -1.6 -1.3 (p)-1.6

Education and Health Services(3)

 212.9 212.1 209.7 211.9 212.4 (p)212.0

12-month % change

 2.0 1.8 0.9 1.2 1.2 (p)0.7

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 101.9 100.6 97.3 100.2 102.6 (p)106.9

12-month % change

 -0.2 -1.9 -1.6 2.3 2.5 (p)3.1

Other Services(3)

 38.8 39.1 38.8 38.9 39.0 (p)39.0

12-month % change

 -1.0 -0.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 (p)-0.8

Government(3)

 140.2 139.0 136.9 139.6 140.3 (p)139.8

12-month % change

 -0.9 0.1 0.1 -0.4 1.9 (p)-0.2

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised