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Akron

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentAverage energy pricesConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest	Consumer price indexes	Table	May 2025
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Feb 2021
Average Energy Prices, Cleveland-Akron-Lorain — December 2017	Average energy prices	News Release	Jan 2018
County Employment and Wages in Ohio — First Quarter 2022	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2022
Consumer Price Index Historical Table for Cleveland (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Feb 2018
Consumer Price Index, Cleveland-Akron —November 2017	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Dec 2017
Akron Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Feb 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Akron — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2022

Akron, OH Economy at a Glance:

Akron, OH

Data Series	Back Data	Sept 2024	Oct 2024	Nov 2024	Dec 2024	Jan 2025	Feb 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(m)358.7	(m)359.6	(m)358.7	(m)359.1	359.9	(p)364.2
Employment(1)		(m)343.1	(m)345.1	(m)342.9	(m)342.3	339.9	(p)343.7
Unemployment(1)		(m)15.6	(m)14.5	(m)15.8	(m)16.7	20.0	(p)20.5
Unemployment Rate(2)		(m)4.4	(m)4.0	(m)4.4	(m)4.7	5.6	(p)5.6
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		338.8	341.4	340.6	341.1	(p)333.6
12-month % change		-0.4	-0.1	-0.5	-0.1	(p)0.0
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		16.2	16.5	16.1	15.6	(p)14.5
12-month % change		1.9	5.8	5.2	6.1	(p)5.1
Manufacturing(3)		36.7	36.9	36.9	37.1	(p)37.1
12-month % change		-2.7	-1.6	-1.9	-1.6	(p)-0.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		69.0	69.5	70.2	70.8	(p)69.0
12-month % change		-0.6	-0.1	-2.1	-1.5	(p)-1.0
Information(3)		3.4	3.5	3.4	3.5	(p)3.5
12-month % change		-10.5	-7.9	-8.1	-5.4	(p)-5.4
Financial Activities(3)		17.4	17.5	17.5	17.6	(p)17.5
12-month % change		-3.3	-2.8	-2.8	-1.7	(p)-2.2
Professional and Business Services(3)		48.5	49.0	48.7	48.1	(p)46.8
12-month % change		-2.2	-1.2	-0.8	-0.2	(p)-1.3
Education and Health Services(3)		58.6	58.9	58.6	59.1	(p)59.3
12-month % change		4.1	3.3	2.6	3.1	(p)4.0
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		32.8	32.6	31.5	31.9	(p)29.9
12-month % change		-1.2	-1.2	-2.5	-1.5	(p)-4.8
Other Services(3)		12.9	12.9	13.0	12.9	(p)12.8
12-month % change		2.4	2.4	3.2	1.6	(p)2.4
Government(3)		43.3	44.1	44.7	44.5	(p)43.2
12-month % change		-1.1	-1.8	-0.7	-0.7	(p)0.7
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary