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Ohio Employers and Industries
Major industry sectors in Ohio include:  transportation equipment, fabricated metal products, machinery, food processing, electric equipment. The manufacturing and financial activities sectors each compose 18.3% of Ohio's GDP, making them Ohio's largest industries by percentage of GDP. Ohio has the largest bioscience sector in the Midwest, and is a national leader in the "green" economy. Ohio is the largest producer in the country of plastics, rubber, fabricated metals, electrical equipment, and appliances. By employment, Ohio's largest sector is trade / transportation / utilities, which employs 1,010,000 Ohioans, or 19.4% of Ohio's workforce, while the health care and education sector employs 825,000 Ohioans (15.8%). Government employs 787,000 Ohioans (15.1%), manufacturing employs 669,000 Ohioans (12.9%), and professional and technical services employs 638,000 Ohioans (12.2%).

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Sample Ohio STEM Employers
This list represents some of the larger employers, but of course those considering a career in STEM may also find employment in small firms and government agencies.

AK Steel
American Electric Power
Amylin Pharmaceuticals
Battelle Memorial Institute
BP
Cardinal Health
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cleveland Clinic
Colgate-Palmolive
Detroit Diesel
Eaton
First Energy
First Solar
General Mills
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati
Honda of America
IBM
Marathon Petroleum
Medpace, Inc.
National Instruments
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus
Nationwide Insurance
OhioHealth
Ohio Hospital Association
Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus
Owens Corning
Owens-Illinois
Parker Hannifin
Pharmaforce
Procter & Gamble
Progressive Insurance
Rotek
Scott's Miracle Gro-Company
Southern Ohio Medical Center
Timken
University Hospital, Cincinnati
University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland
University of Dayton Research Institute
USEC, Inc.
ViewRay
Xunlight


 


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