What professions added the most jobs in Ohio? In this article we look into this issue from two angles. First we show the top 50 jobs that added the most workers from 2010 to 2014 (Table 1). Secondly we show the top 50 jobs that had the highest growth rate from year 2010 to 2014 (Table 2). The employment and salary information in Ohio is computed from data published by BLS [1] in May 2015.
Table 1 shows the top 50 jobs that added the most workers from 2010 to 2014. We note that from 2010 to 2014, the total employment in Ohio increased from 4,921,690 to 5,200,880 with a net gain of 279,190. The profession that added the most jobs in the same period is the profession of general and operations managers with 30,430 jobs added. It is followed by the profession of combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food with 30,430 job added.
| Rank | Job Description | Jobs 2010 i |
Jobs 2014 i |
Change # i |
Change % i |
Salary 2014 i |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All Occupations | 4,921,690 | 5,200,880 | 279,190 | 5.67% | $32,150 |
| 2 | General and Operations Managers | 32,950 | 63,380 | 30,430 | 92.35% | $95,990 |
| 3 | Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food | 139,960 | 159,040 | 19,080 | 13.63% | $17,160 |
| 4 | Sales Representatives, Services, All Other | 17,930 | 30,810 | 12,880 | 71.83% | $46,390 |
| 5 | Retail Salespersons | 144,190 | 155,280 | 11,090 | 7.69% | $19,430 |
| 6 | Stock Clerks and Order Fillers | 71,250 | 81,250 | 10,000 | 14.04% | $21,120 |
| 7 | Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists* | 10,520 | 19,290 | 8,770 | 83.37% | $56,950 |
| 8 | Construction Laborers | 20,380 | 28,630 | 8,250 | 40.48% | $35,220 |
| 9 | Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | 21,440 | 29,640 | 8,200 | 38.25% | $52,390 |
| 10 | Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | 43,430 | 51,480 | 8,050 | 18.54% | $54,690 |
| 11 | Personal Care Aides | 12,140 | 20,110 | 7,970 | 65.65% | $19,730 |
| 12 | Cooks, Restaurant | 33,110 | 41,060 | 7,950 | 24.01% | $20,100 |
| 13 | Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 5,480 | 13,310 | 7,830 | 142.88% | $32,800 |
| 14 | Software Developers, Applications | 19,440 | 26,650 | 7,210 | 37.09% | $79,660 |
| 15 | Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | 20,050 | 27,220 | 7,170 | 35.76% | $34,400 |
| 16 | Financial Managers | 14,890 | 21,340 | 6,450 | 43.32% | $100,060 |
| 17 | Team Assemblers | 55,270 | 61,680 | 6,410 | 11.60% | $29,720 |
| 18 | Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 63,600 | 69,750 | 6,150 | 9.67% | $30,230 |
| 19 | Computer Systems Analysts | 21,200 | 26,580 | 5,380 | 25.38% | $77,730 |
| 20 | Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | 61,550 | 66,860 | 5,310 | 8.63% | $38,230 |
| 21 | Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop | 13,850 | 18,810 | 4,960 | 35.81% | $19,230 |
| 22 | Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 79,400 | 84,360 | 4,960 | 6.25% | $21,820 |
| 23 | Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | 15,230 | 20,020 | 4,790 | 31.45% | $28,090 |
| 24 | Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other | 15,470 | 20,080 | 4,610 | 29.80% | $31,870 |
| 25 | First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 29,470 | 33,830 | 4,360 | 14.79% | $28,920 |
| 26 | Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 100,990 | 104,930 | 3,940 | 3.90% | $22,610 |
| 27 | Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 9,560 | 13,350 | 3,790 | 39.64% | $27,190 |
| 28 | Financial Analysts | 6,180 | 9,770 | 3,590 | 58.09% | $70,220 |
| 29 | Engineers, All Other | 4,760 | 8,290 | 3,530 | 74.16% | $83,600 |
| 30 | Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | 11,140 | 14,630 | 3,490 | 31.33% | $18,910 |
| 31 | Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | 5,500 | 8,960 | 3,460 | 62.91% | $60,090 |
| 32 | Medical and Health Services Managers | 12,300 | 15,750 | 3,450 | 28.05% | $78,120 |
| 33 | Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers | 12,140 | 15,560 | 3,420 | 28.17% | $33,960 |
| 34 | Bus Drivers, School or Special Client | 9,980 | 13,170 | 3,190 | 31.96% | $27,050 |
| 35 | Physicians and Surgeons, All Other | 12,950 | 16,080 | 3,130 | 24.17% | $ |
| 36 | Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators | 11,300 | 14,400 | 3,100 | 27.43% | $45,610 |
| 37 | Tool and Die Makers | 6,390 | 9,480 | 3,090 | 48.36% | $46,250 |
| 38 | Industrial Machinery Mechanics | 13,030 | 16,100 | 3,070 | 23.56% | $44,910 |
| 39 | Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks | 32,400 | 35,320 | 2,920 | 9.01% | $28,900 |
| 40 | Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 14,430 | 17,300 | 2,870 | 19.89% | $29,260 |
| 41 | Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics | 21,830 | 24,680 | 2,850 | 13.06% | $32,990 |
| 42 | Order Clerks | 8,450 | 11,290 | 2,840 | 33.61% | $28,960 |
| 43 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | 3,280 | 6,100 | 2,820 | 85.98% | $52,300 |
| 44 | Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers | 5,670 | 8,400 | 2,730 | 48.15% | $27,740 |
| 45 | Customer Service Representatives | 79,490 | 82,200 | 2,710 | 3.41% | $29,870 |
| 46 | Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 7,410 | 9,860 | 2,450 | 33.06% | $32,820 |
| 47 | Commercial Pilots | 620 | 3,040 | 2,420 | 390.32% | $59,430 |
| 48 | Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers | 1,960 | 4,360 | 2,400 | 122.45% | $24,040 |
| 49 | First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers | 11,430 | 13,820 | 2,390 | 20.91% | $57,550 |
| 50 | Construction Managers | 6,450 | 8,820 | 2,370 | 36.74% | $82,130 |
Table 2 shows the top 50 jobs that had the fastest growth rate from 2010 to 2014. We note that the profession that grew the fastest is the profession of counselors, all other with a growth rate of 455.00%. It is followed by the profession of commercial pilots which grew by 390.32% in the same period.
| Rank | Job Description | Jobs 2010 i |
Jobs 2014 i |
Change # i |
Change % i |
Salary 2014 i |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Counselors, All Other | 200 | 1,110 | 910 | 455.00% | $45,990 |
| 2 | Commercial Pilots | 620 | 3,040 | 2,420 | 390.32% | $59,430 |
| 3 | Mechanical Door Repairers | 350 | 1,430 | 1,080 | 308.57% | $36,260 |
| 4 | Airfield Operations Specialists | 100 | 390 | 290 | 290.00% | $35,970 |
| 5 | Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators | 220 | 800 | 580 | 263.64% | $40,050 |
| 6 | Dentists, All Other Specialists | 190 | 560 | 370 | 194.74% | $154,220 |
| 7 | Set and Exhibit Designers | 120 | 320 | 200 | 166.67% | $54,830 |
| 8 | Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers | 360 | 940 | 580 | 161.11% | $36,550 |
| 9 | Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders | 360 | 940 | 580 | 161.11% | $27,650 |
| 10 | Hydrologists | 100 | 260 | 160 | 160.00% | $75,720 |
| 11 | Roustabouts, Oil and Gas | 290 | 750 | 460 | 158.62% | $27,160 |
| 12 | Helpers--Extraction Workers | 310 | 790 | 480 | 154.84% | $27,210 |
| 13 | Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 5,480 | 13,310 | 7,830 | 142.88% | $32,800 |
| 14 | Transportation Workers, All Other | 410 | 980 | 570 | 139.02% | $43,970 |
| 15 | Avionics Technicians | 260 | 610 | 350 | 134.62% | $55,000 |
| 16 | Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other | 170 | 390 | 220 | 129.41% | $ |
| 17 | Biomedical Engineers | 260 | 590 | 330 | 126.92% | $77,880 |
| 18 | Craft Artists | 150 | 340 | 190 | 126.67% | $27,470 |
| 19 | Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 920 | 2,050 | 1,130 | 122.83% | $35,540 |
| 20 | Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers | 1,960 | 4,360 | 2,400 | 122.45% | $24,040 |
| 21 | Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators | 140 | 310 | 170 | 121.43% | $35,320 |
| 22 | Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers and Repairers | 520 | 1,150 | 630 | 121.15% | $29,800 |
| 23 | Correspondence Clerks | 260 | 570 | 310 | 119.23% | $32,900 |
| 24 | Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians | 140 | 300 | 160 | 114.29% | $55,360 |
| 25 | Helpers--Roofers | 250 | 530 | 280 | 112.00% | $26,000 |
| 26 | Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | 1,730 | 3,580 | 1,850 | 106.94% | $26,560 |
| 27 | Material Moving Workers, All Other | 490 | 1,000 | 510 | 104.08% | $31,680 |
| 28 | Power Distributors and Dispatchers | 440 | 890 | 450 | 102.27% | $61,140 |
| 29 | Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians | 160 | 320 | 160 | 100.00% | $32,830 |
| 30 | Painters, Transportation Equipment | 1,290 | 2,540 | 1,250 | 96.90% | $34,930 |
| 31 | Wellhead Pumpers | 300 | 590 | 290 | 96.67% | $28,880 |
| 32 | General and Operations Managers | 32,950 | 63,380 | 30,430 | 92.35% | $95,990 |
| 33 | Model Makers, Metal and Plastic | 250 | 480 | 230 | 92.00% | $39,290 |
| 34 | Psychiatric Aides | 840 | 1,610 | 770 | 91.67% | $33,460 |
| 35 | Biological Scientists, All Other | 310 | 590 | 280 | 90.32% | $66,790 |
| 36 | Plasterers and Stucco Masons | 290 | 550 | 260 | 89.66% | $40,790 |
| 37 | Medical Appliance Technicians | 240 | 450 | 210 | 87.50% | $36,710 |
| 38 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | 3,280 | 6,100 | 2,820 | 85.98% | $52,300 |
| 39 | Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists* | 10,520 | 19,290 | 8,770 | 83.37% | $56,950 |
| 40 | Tire Builders | 660 | 1,210 | 550 | 83.33% | $26,600 |
| 41 | Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers | 1,550 | 2,840 | 1,290 | 83.23% | $31,000 |
| 42 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | 2,870 | 5,230 | 2,360 | 82.23% | $89,920 |
| 43 | Electro-Mechanical Technicians | 390 | 710 | 320 | 82.05% | $47,200 |
| 44 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | 1,350 | 2,430 | 1,080 | 80.00% | $47,530 |
| 45 | Real Estate Sales Agents | 2,830 | 5,070 | 2,240 | 79.15% | $37,360 |
| 46 | Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators | 140 | 250 | 110 | 78.57% | $56,040 |
| 47 | Human Resources Managers | 2,370 | 4,230 | 1,860 | 78.48% | $94,950 |
| 48 | Locksmiths and Safe Repairers | 500 | 890 | 390 | 78.00% | $33,920 |
| 49 | Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other | 1,140 | 2,010 | 870 | 76.32% | $43,940 |
| 50 | Traffic Technicians | 120 | 210 | 90 | 75.00% | $46,190 |