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

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 employers

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.

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