However, this share declined since 1994, when 72 percent of GRC's employees lived in Cuyahoga County. Within the county, the cities with the most GRC employees, in order of number of employees, include Strongsville, Cleveland, North Olmsted, Westlake, Parma, Fairview Park, and Berea. Among the top ten cities in terms of GRC employees are also Brunswick and Medina in Medina County and North Ridgeville in Lorain County. Table 4 reports on county of residence by occupational category. As expected, the majority of employees in all occupations live in Cuyahoga County.
Medina County is the second-largest county of residence for scientists and engineers.
Among scientists and engineers, the largest occupational category, almost 70 percent live in Cuyahoga County. Other cities with concentrations of GRC's scientists and engineers are Westlake, Cleveland, Medina, and Brunswick. The first four cities are located in Cuyahoga County, while the latter two are in Medina County. The reduction in contractors' employment could partially be attributed to a change in the reporting system. Contractors do not have to report the number of employees that work on these tasks.