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|
|
|
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Major Employers
|
#
of Employees
|
Product
|
|
The top 25 employers of Athens County as
of December 1999, according to the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce.
|
|
Ohio
University
|
4,500
|
Education
|
|
Southern
Ohio Coal
|
1,050
|
Coal
Mining
|
|
State
Employees (excluding ed.)
|
559
|
Service
|
|
Hocking
College
|
464
|
Education
|
|
TS
Trim Industries
|
434
|
Industry
|
|
Athens
City School District
|
358
|
Education
|
|
Federal
Hocking School District
|
350
|
Education
|
|
O'Bleness
Hospital
|
324
|
Health
|
|
Rocky
Shoes and Boots
|
296
|
Shoes/Work
Boots
|
|
Athens
Mental Health Center
|
287
|
Health
|
|
Athens
County
|
283
|
Service
|
|
Tri-County
Joint Vocational School
|
280
|
Education
|
|
Doctors
Hospital
|
234
|
Health
|
|
City
of Athens
|
185
|
Service
|
|
Kroger’s
|
178
|
Grocery
|
|
McDonalds
|
170
|
Food
Service
|
|
ATCO
Sheltered Workshop
|
168
|
Service
|
|
McBee
Systems
|
165
|
Printing
|
|
Tri-County
Community Action
|
164
|
Service
|
|
Nelsonville-York
School District
|
155
|
Education
|
|
Bank
One
|
149
|
Financial
Institution
|
|
The
Athens Messenger
|
125
|
Newspaper
|
|
|
Number
of Workers
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
|
Labor Force
|
26,200
|
26,600
|
26,500
|
26,700 |
27,300
|
|
Employment
|
24,700
|
25,300
|
25,200 |
25,400 |
26,000
|
|
Unemployment
|
1,500
|
1,400
|
1,300 |
1,300 |
1,300
|
|
Unemployment
Rate
|
5.8%
|
5.1%
|
4.8%
|
4.9% |
4.7%
|
|
|
|
Employment
By
Industrial Sector
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
|
All
Industry
|
16,826
|
17,183
|
17,498
|
17,928
|
18,313
|
1,845
|
|
|
|
Agriculture,
Forest, Fishing
|
na
|
na
|
56
|
62
|
67
|
78
|
|
|
|
Mining
|
na
|
na
|
14
|
16
|
14
|
13
|
|
|
|
Construction
|
387
|
451
|
474
|
471
|
572
|
598 |
|
|
|
Manufacturing
|
995
|
1,041
|
826
|
919
|
972
|
985 |
|
|
|
Transportation
& Utilities
|
716
|
703
|
601
|
607
|
594
|
522 |
|
|
|
Wholesale
& Retail Trade
|
4,244
|
4,389
|
4,647
|
4,685
|
4,745
|
4,720
|
|
|
|
Finance,
Insurance, Real Estate
|
614
|
631
|
622
|
609
|
641
|
634 |
|
|
|
Service
|
3,130
|
3,146
|
3,373
|
3,544
|
3,637
|
3,627
|
|
|
|
Government
|
6,660
|
6,741
|
7,065
|
7,016
|
7,072
|
7,279
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
Weekly Earning
By Industrial Sector
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
|
All
Industry
|
$405.35
|
$418.00
|
$419.12
|
$450.68
|
$469.19
|
$483.47 |
|
|
|
Agriculture,
Forest, Fishing
|
na
|
na
|
$263.01
|
$224.19
|
$244.31
|
$310.17
|
|
|
|
Mining
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
$437.92
|
$367.52
|
$408.28 |
|
|
|
Construction
|
$370.16
|
$401.92
|
$403.34
|
$435.23
|
$459.22
|
$418.79
|
|
|
|
Manufacturing
|
$370.28
|
$390.12
|
$411.82
|
$411.70
|
$411.75
|
$418.02
|
|
|
|
Transportation
& Utilities
|
$541.04
|
$532.68
|
$583.45
|
$598.43
|
$621.92
|
$640.17
|
|
|
|
Wholesale
& Retail Trade
|
$222.46
|
$223.28
|
$230.50
|
$230.55
|
$247.79
|
$259.60
|
|
|
|
Finance,
Insurance, Real Estate
|
$374.94
|
$381.81
|
$382.90
|
$388.66
|
$411.97
|
$452.23
|
|
|
|
Service
|
$331.43
|
$346.55
|
$362.80
|
$374.35
|
$392.45
|
$412.04
|
|
|
|
Government
|
$555.33
|
$576.14
|
$565.29
|
$636.96
|
$660.59
|
$671.88
|
|
|
|
|
Education
|
|
Post-Secondary:
|
Hocking
Technical College
|
|
|
Type:
|
2
Year Associates Degree
|
|
|
Location:
|
Nelsonville
|
|
|
Enrolled:
|
4,600
|
|
Post-Secondary:
|
Ohio
University
|
|
|
Type:
|
4
Year
|
|
|
Location:
|
Athens
|
|
|
Enrolled:
|
19,155
Main Campus
|
|
|
|
8,275
Satellite Campuses
|
|
|
Health
Care
|
|
Hospitals
|
Nursing
Homes
|
|
|
Doctors
Hospital of Nelsonville
|
|
Arcadia
Nursing Center
|
|
|
Number
of Beds
|
50
|
|
Number
of Beds
|
74
|
|
|
Location
|
Nelsonville
|
|
Location
|
Coolville
|
|
|
O'Bleness
|
|
Hickory
Creek Nursing Facility
|
|
|
Number
of Beds
|
110
|
|
Number
of Beds
|
175
|
|
|
Location
|
Athens
|
|
Location
|
The
Plains
|
|
|
South
Eastern Psychiatric Hospital
|
|
Kimes
Convalescent Center
|
|
|
Number
of Beds
|
40
|
|
Number
of Beds
|
61
|
|
|
Location
|
Athens
|
|
Location
|
Athens
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pine
Hill Continuing Care Center
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number
of Beds
|
45
|
|
|
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