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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
(1)Employment by
Industry in Canton—Massillon, OH MSA in 2000 |
