The state designates a job as “in-demand” using the following criteria:
• Pay is at least 80 percent of state median wage – which translates to $14.04 per hour based on May’s Ohio median wage of $17.55.
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• Annual growth in the number of jobs exceeds statewide average of 50.
• Annual job openings are greater than the statewide average of 230.
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Ohio also figures in “electronic job posting trend data and business responses to an online jobs forecast tool,” according to the state’s handbook on in-demand jobs.
“With the creation and implementation of this data, we are opening doors that will lead to new opportunities and better alignment of education and training, job creators and job seekers,” Ryan D. Burgess, director of the workforce office, said in the handbook.
Note: *These jobs are not defined by the state as "in-demand" because even though they have have high projected growth they do not offer a family-sustaining wage or promising future based on projected openings and growth.
1. Combined food preparation and service workers, including fast food*
6,920: Total projected annual openings
$9.21: Median hourly wage, May 2017
2. Retail salespersons*
6,002: Total projected annual openings
$10.67: Median hourly wage, May 2017
3. Registered nurses
4,833: Total projected annual openings
$30.43 Median hourly wage, May 2017
4. Cashiers*
4,960: Total projected annual openings
$9.31: Median hourly wage, May 2017
5. Home health aides*
4,476: Total projected annual openings
$10.33: Median hourly wage, May 2017
6. Nursing assistants
2,711: Total projected annual openings
$12.54: Median hourly wage, May 2017
7. Office clerks, general
2.495: Total projected annual openings
$14.88: Median hourly wage, May 2017
8. Customer service representatives
2,474: Total projected annual openings
$15.50: Median hourly wage, May 2017
9. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
1,930: Total projected annual openings
$20.21: Median hourly wage, May 2017
10. General and operations managers
1,904: Total projected annual openings
$44.77: Median hourly wage, May 2017
11. Maintenance and repair workers, general
1,638: Total projected annual openings
$18.87: Median hourly wage, May 2017
12. Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
1,597: Total projected annual openings
$20.09: Median hourly wage, May 2017
13. Team assemblers
1,479: Total projected annual openings
$15.50: Median hourly wage, May 2017
14. Accountants and auditors
1,438: Total projected annual openings
$31.02: Median hourly wage, May 2017
15. Front-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
1,325: Total projected annual openings
$14.93: Median hourly wage, May 2017
16. Farmers, ranchers and agricultural managers
1,293: Total projected annual openings
$35.11: Median hourly wage, May 2017
17. Front-line supervisors and managers of retail sales workers
1,274: Total projected annual openings
$17.60: Median hourly wage, May 2017
18. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
1,202: Total projected annual openings
$27.59: Median hourly wage, May 2017
19. Machinists
1,150: Total projected annual openings
$20.20: Median hourly wage, May 2017
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