Division of Research & Evaluation

Appalachian Regional Commission

Industrial snapshot: Appalachian Ohio

Largest industrial share in 2017: Health & Social Services, 121,000 jobs, 13.2 percent of total employment

Fastest growth in employment from 2012 to 2017: Construction, 13.1 percent growth

Fastest growth in earnings per employee from 2012 to 2017: Retail Trade, 32 percent growth

For more information, please see the complete report, Industrial Make-up of the Appalachian Region, Employment and Earnings, 2002-2017, available 

for download at www.arc.gov/research. The report includes county-level maps for each industry in the region, allowing for comparisons across states and 

subregions, as well discussion about how trends in the Region compare with those in the United States as a whole.

App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total

Total Employment 918 6,077 6,995 13,420 196,132 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 $43,529 $54,023 $52,646 $46,697 $57,187

Health, Social Services 121 778 899 1,562 22,199 13.2 12.8 12.9 11.6 11.3 $46,506 $54,799 $53,680 $53,807 $56,340

Retail Trade 110 582 692 1,493 19,222 12.0 9.6 9.9 11.1 9.8 $23,631 $22,036 $22,289 $17,906 $22,477

State & Local Government 108 583 692 1,488 19,619 11.8 9.6 9.9 11.1 10.0 $57,002 $66,898 $65,350 $58,113 $69,677

Manufacturing 95 625 720 1,342 13,307 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.0 6.8 $63,027 $74,132 $72,672 $63,583 $77,469

Food, Lodging, Entertainment 84 570 654 1,240 19,155 9.2 9.4 9.3 9.2 9.8 $19,108 $25,585 $24,750 $21,308 $27,685

Professional, Technical Services 81 878 959 1,619 28,479 8.8 14.5 13.7 12.1 14.5 $30,520 $55,021 $52,954 $43,107 $61,372

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate 61 570 631 1,040 19,616 6.7 9.4 9.0 7.8 10.0 $26,644 $47,020 $45,046 $37,716 $60,386

Construction 59 288 347 775 10,636 6.4 4.7 5.0 5.8 5.4 $61,611 $65,061 $64,479 $53,773 $64,788

Wholesale Trade, Transportation 57 463 520 874 14,148 6.2 7.6 7.4 6.5 7.2 $79,995 $79,114 $79,211 $80,686 $83,878

Personal & Other Services 55 314 369 793 11,170 6.0 5.2 5.3 5.9 5.7 $31,247 $36,334 $35,578 $32,180 $36,353

Farming, Forestry 33 66 99 325 3,552 3.6 1.1 1.4 2.4 1.8 $6,918 $8,237 $7,800 $13,726 $28,111

Education, Information Services 20 221 241 432 8,075 2.1 3.6 3.4 3.2 4.1 $91,696 $83,451 $84,125 $79,670 $82,520

Coal, Gas, Other Mining 17 19 36 140 1,505 1.8 0.3 0.5 1.0 0.8 $33,872 $56,390 $45,916 $48,966 $67,769

Federal Government, Military 12 102 114 241 4,786 1.3 1.7 1.6 1.8 2.4 $63,145 $87,852 $85,193 $78,938 $91,808

Utilities 5 17 22 57 664 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 $113,492 $117,555 $116,560 $109,314 $125,893

Ohio App. U.S. 2017

Employment (thousands) Industrial Share Earnings per employee

Ohio App. U.S. Ohio App. U.S.

App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total

Total Employment 2.1 6.5 5.9 4.7 9.6 5.0 3.0 3.3 3.7 3.4

Health, Social Services 1.6 5.9 5.3 5.3 10.5 3.5 5.5 5.3 4.7 4.1

Retail Trade 1.3 2.7 2.5 2.5 6.4 32.0 16.5 18.9 22.4 15.6

State & Local Government 0.1 1.2 1.0 -0.7 2.3 4.9 5.2 5.2 6.8 7.9

Manufacturing -1.2 6.4 5.4 5.5 5.6 0.7 2.1 2.0 3.4 1.4

Food, Lodging, Entertainment 8.2 11.6 11.1 11.6 15.1 3.5 9.9 9.3 6.2 8.0

Professional, Technical Services 0.3 6.8 6.2 7.1 12.0 15.1 6.0 6.7 9.3 7.8

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate 4.4 10.2 9.7 8.6 11.7 -2.1 -9.3 -8.7 -2.5 2.9

Construction 13.1 12.8 12.9 7.2 19.0 10.4 16.3 15.3 3.5 7.9

Wholesale Trade, Transportation 2.6 11.9 10.8 6.2 16.8 5.4 -2.8 -1.9 -0.6 -5.6

Personal & Other Services -0.2 3.2 2.7 3.7 7.7 4.1 6.1 5.9 3.1 2.5

Farming, Forestry -1.3 -2.5 -2.1 0.7 1.3 -35.3 -72.0 -66.5 -6.2 -18.9

Education, Information Services -4.2 2.6 2.0 2.4 8.7 10.6 2.2 2.9 4.4 6.5

Coal, Gas, Other Mining 7.3 4.4 5.7 -17.3 -2.7 -18.2 -16.1 -17.1 -23.3 -36.4

Federal Government, Military -0.6 -0.1 -0.2 -3.9 -2.9 -0.2 2.0 1.8 3.4 2.8

Utilities -4.2 16.1 10.4 11.0 14.9 0.0 1.8 1.4 0.3 -2.6

2012-2017

Percent change in employment Percent change in earnings per employee

Ohio App. U.S. Ohio App. U.S.