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Akron, OH

Akron, OH spreads H-1B hiring across 7+ sectors (33 employers, $121,000 median wage) rather than one dominant NAICS group.

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33
Employers
$121,000
Median H-1B wage
222
H-1B filings

Akron, OH: 33 tracked employers at a $121,000 median H-1B wage across 222 LCAs; Healthcare & Social Assistance leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Akron, OH (OH), PlainEmployers rolls up 33 employers at a $121,000 disclosed median with 1 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 33 employers
  • $121,000 median H-1B
  • 222 H-1B LCAs
  • 1 WARN employers

Where Akron, OH's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$121,000 Top 52% higher than 48% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Below this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). This entry sits in this band. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Akron, OH $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Akron, OH (33 employers) sits beside Columbus, OH, Cincinnati, OH, Cleveland, OH in OH's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Akron, OH ranks #355 of 6906 by employer count (about the 95th percentile).

Columbus, OH 268 Cincinnati, OH 162 Cleveland, OH 88 Dublin, OH 87 Mason, OH 63 Dayton, OH 53

What the data says about Akron, OH

Corpus placement: Akron, OH ranks #355 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 95th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Healthcare & Social Assistance leads with 6 of 33 tracked employers (~18%); next sectors in the mix are Manufacturing and Professional & Technical Services. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: The Huntington National Bank, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Sterling Jewelers, Inc. (147 filings combined, ~66% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Akron, OH: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 1 employers with WARN history.

Akron, OH reads as a diversified labor market: the lead sector (Healthcare & Social Assistance) is only ~18% of tracked employers across 7 named industries, so no single NAICS group dominates the local picture.

Within OH, Akron, OH is smaller than peers such as Columbus, OH (268 employers); Cincinnati, OH (162 employers); Cleveland, OH (88 employers); use those pages when you need a denser local sponsor list.

Employer mix in Akron, OH

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Akron, OH has no runaway sector: Healthcare & Social Assistance leads at only ~18% across 7 named industries.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Akron, OH

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 The Huntington National Bank Finance & Insurance 79 $127,000
2 Cleveland Clinic Foundation Healthcare & Social Assistance 54 $215,183
3 Sterling Jewelers, Inc. Retail Trade 14 $126,350
4 The University of Akron Educational Services 14 $89,400
5 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Manufacturing 8 $109,613
6 Sul Ross State University Educational Services 6 $56,228
7 Program Planning Professionals, Inc Professional & Technical Services 5 $100,500
8 Zale Delaware, Inc. Retail Trade 4 $117,000
9 Hospitalist Medicine Physicians of Ohio, P.C. Healthcare & Social Assistance 4 $268,663
10 Circle Staffing LLC (aka Ship Smart LLC) Administrative & Waste Services 2 $90,000
11 Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center Healthcare & Social Assistance 2 $71,838
12 Partners Physician Group Healthcare & Social Assistance 2 $235,000
13 Summa Management Services Organization, Inc. Finance & Insurance 2 $222,768
14 Summa Physicians, Inc. Healthcare & Social Assistance 2 $279,322
15 Summit Bend US Corporation Management of Companies 2 $110,000
16 DLZ Corporation 2 $91,500
17 Summit Design and Technology, Inc. 2 $77,750
18 Pyrovio, LLC 1 $160,500
19 Babcock & Wilcox Company Professional & Technical Services 1 $96,595
20 China Direct Imports, LLC Other Services 1 $70,000
21 County of Summit Public Administration 1 $71,739
22 Meggitt Aircraft Braking System Corporation Manufacturing 1 $104,686
23 Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation Manufacturing 1 $105,248
24 Myers Industries, Inc. Manufacturing 1 $92,768
25 NVA Metropolitan Veterinary Management, LLC Professional & Technical Services 1 $78,354

PlainEmployers renders Akron, OH from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.