# Counties in Ohio by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

All 88 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `covered_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/ohio-counties

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Franklin County | 791,805 |
| 2 | Cuyahoga County | 692,694 |
| 3 | Hamilton County | 514,266 |
| 4 | Summit County | 259,891 |
| 5 | Montgomery County | 251,925 |
| 6 | Lucas County | 194,976 |
| 7 | Butler County | 163,638 |
| 8 | Stark County | 157,374 |
| 9 | Warren County | 102,347 |
| 10 | Delaware County | 100,816 |
| 11 | Lorain County | 99,738 |
| 12 | Lake County | 99,690 |
| 13 | Mahoning County | 93,307 |
| 14 | Greene County | 80,454 |
| 15 | Licking County | 75,544 |
| 16 | Wood County | 74,868 |
| 17 | Trumbull County | 65,092 |
| 18 | Medina County | 63,249 |
| 19 | Clermont County | 63,011 |
| 20 | Portage County | 56,790 |
| 21 | Allen County | 50,015 |
| 22 | Richland County | 48,532 |
| 23 | Wayne County | 48,168 |
| 24 | Fairfield County | 48,050 |
| 25 | Clark County | 45,578 |
| 26 | Hancock County | 43,831 |
| 27 | Miami County | 41,783 |
| 28 | Tuscarawas County | 37,311 |
| 29 | Union County | 36,813 |
| 30 | Geauga County | 36,738 |
| 31 | Erie County | 36,374 |
| 32 | Muskingum County | 35,758 |
| 33 | Ashtabula County | 29,106 |
| 34 | Ross County | 28,735 |
| 35 | Columbiana County | 28,389 |
| 36 | Shelby County | 26,404 |
| 37 | Washington County | 25,437 |
| 38 | Scioto County | 25,000 |
| 39 | Sandusky County | 24,435 |
| 40 | Madison County | 24,269 |
| 41 | Marion County | 23,441 |
| 42 | Auglaize County | 22,204 |
| 43 | Holmes County | 21,972 |
| 44 | Athens County | 21,434 |
| 45 | Huron County | 21,321 |
| 46 | Belmont County | 20,522 |
| 47 | Knox County | 20,365 |
| 48 | Mercer County | 20,220 |
| 49 | Logan County | 19,538 |
| 50 | Jefferson County | 19,530 |
| 51 | Clinton County | 19,013 |
| 52 | Seneca County | 18,700 |
| 53 | Ashland County | 18,625 |
| 54 | Darke County | 18,317 |
| 55 | Fulton County | 17,855 |
| 56 | Pickaway County | 16,482 |
| 57 | Williams County | 16,008 |
| 58 | Defiance County | 15,438 |
| 59 | Guernsey County | 14,750 |
| 60 | Ottawa County | 14,252 |
| 61 | Lawrence County | 13,984 |
| 62 | Crawford County | 12,572 |
| 63 | Putnam County | 12,444 |
| 64 | Fayette County | 11,945 |
| 65 | Preble County | 11,523 |
| 66 | Champaign County | 11,364 |
| 67 | Gallia County | 11,333 |
| 68 | Van Wert County | 11,050 |
| 69 | Highland County | 10,748 |
| 70 | Henry County | 10,706 |
| 71 | Pike County | 10,637 |
| 72 | Jackson County | 10,220 |
| 73 | Wyandot County | 10,036 |
| 74 | Coshocton County | 9,745 |
| 75 | Brown County | 8,026 |
| 76 | Hardin County | 7,632 |
| 77 | Hocking County | 7,527 |
| 78 | Adams County | 6,923 |
| 79 | Perry County | 6,295 |
| 80 | Carroll County | 6,119 |
| 81 | Morrow County | 5,310 |
| 82 | Paulding County | 5,160 |
| 83 | Harrison County | 3,927 |
| 84 | Meigs County | 3,493 |
| 85 | Noble County | 3,023 |
| 86 | Morgan County | 2,819 |
| 87 | Monroe County | 2,736 |
| 88 | Vinton County | 2,259 |