Stark County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Stark County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 128 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Stark County economy

3.7%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.6% the month before
179,483
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
373,764
people in Stark County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$65,740
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Stark County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Stark County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Stark County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Metallus8 open roles
Shearer's Snacks8 open roles
Creative Financial Staffing7 open roles
Michels5 open roles
Nidec4 open roles
8/18/20262 open roles
Amazon2 open roles
Armstrong Group2 open roles
Aston Carter2 open roles
Bixler Moore2 open roles

Colleges in Stark County

Colleges in Stark County
College	City	Type	Students
Malone University	Canton	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
University of Mount Union	Alliance	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Walsh University	North Canton	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences	Canton	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Stark County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Stark Tuscarawas Workforce Development Board
Stark, Tuscarawas

OhioMeansJobs Stark County
Canton · Comprehensive · 330-433-9675
Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Cities in Stark County

Canton82 jobs
Massillon29 jobs
Alliance7 jobs
Uniontown7 jobs
North Canton

Other Ohio counties

All of Ohio

Laid off or looking for work in Stark County?

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Ohio’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.