Hamilton County · Ohio
Cincinnati, OH jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Cincinnati, OH earn a median of $37,395 a year, 16% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 6.8% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 26.3% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $37,395#76 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 6.8%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 65.9%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 155,077Civilian employed, age 16+
What Cincinnati does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance26.3%
- Professional, scientific & management15%
- Retail trade10.7%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food10.3%
- Manufacturing10.2%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities6.9%
- Finance, insurance & real estate6.8%
- Other services, except public administration4.1%
- Construction3.4%
- Public administration2.8%
- Wholesale trade1.8%
- Information1.7%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.1%
Related data for Cincinnati
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.