Business & Industry

Canton CAN offer opportunity

Industries:
In 2000, for the employed population 16 years and older, the leading industries in Canton-Massillon, OH MSA were Manufacturing, 22 percent, and educational, health and social services, 17 percent.(1)

Occupations and types of employer:
Among the most common occupations were: Sales and office occupation 30 percent; Management, professional, and related occupations, 28 percent; Production, transportation, and material moving occupations, 21 percent; Service occupations, 13 percent; and Construction, extraction and maintenance occupations, 8 percent. Eighty-two percent of the people employed were Private wage and salary workers; 11 percent were Federal, state, or local government workers; and 6 percent were self-employed.

Major Employers:
The Timken Company, Aultman Hospital, The Hoover Company, Mercy Medical Center, Republic Engineered Products, PCC Airfoils Inc., Fishers Foods Marketing Inc., Workshops Inc., Freshmark Inc., Alliance Community Hospital