Akron, OH jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Akron
- Director of Inside SalesRiverside Recruiting
- Senior Sales EngineerSpencer Ogden
- Manager - Aftermarket SalesFreightCar America
- Account ExecutiveLarson Communications
- Account ExecutiveCargobot
- Account ExecutiveGannett
- Account ExecutiveSlashdot Media
- Account ExecutiveOnBase Group
- SaaS Account Executive (SMB/Mid-Market)HireDNA
- Sales Engineer-USAKinco Automation
Employers hiring most in Akron
- FirstEnergy Akron69 open roles
- Babcock International Group PLC/ADR25 open roles
- Akron Childrens Hospital16 open roles
- Akron Children's11 open roles
- Creative Financial Staffing7 open roles
- First Energy7 open roles
- Akkodis5 open roles
- Amazon5 open roles
- Michael Page5 open roles
- Signet Jewelers5 open roles
Largest employers headquartered in Akron
- Summa Health1,001–5,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Akron layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Akron in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Akron
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Akron Main Campus | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
| Herzing University-Akron | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Akron. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Summit/Medina Workforce Development Board
Medina, Summit
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Summit County economy
3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.7% the month before
269,675
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
538,087
people in Summit County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,016
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Ohio’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.