Northeast Ohio’s job market is pulling in two directions. Health care employers kept hiring this spring, but the gains at hospitals and clinics were not strong enough to counter job cuts in manufacturing and other goods-producing sectors. The result: regional payrolls that are flat to slightly down and an uneven recovery that depends a lot on which side of town – and which industry – you work in.
As reported by Crain’s Cleveland, health care and social assistance employers posted net job increases even as manufacturing and related sectors shed workers, leaving Northeast Ohio with an overall decline in employment. Reporter Elizabeth Schanz draws on regional payroll data and local analysis to highlight just how sharply those sectors are pulling apart.
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