Summit County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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
Summit County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Summit County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Summit 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.
- FirstEnergy Akron69 open roles
- Babcock International Group PLC/ADR25 open roles
- Akron Childrens Hospital17 open roles
- Akron Children's12 open roles
- Creative Financial Staffing12 open roles
- First Energy7 open roles
- Akkodis6 open roles
- Amazon6 open roles
- Giant Eagle5 open roles
- Keltec Technolab5 open roles
Largest employers headquartered in Summit County
- 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.
Colleges in Summit County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Akron Main Campus | Akron | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
| Herzing University-Akron | Akron | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Summit County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Summit/Medina Workforce Development Board
Medina, Summit
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.