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It shares a land border with Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Michigan.",{"h2":15,"blocks":16},"Warehousing in numbers",[17,45],{"t":18,"head":19,"rows":23,"caption":44},"table",[20,21,22],"Measure","Ohio","How it is worked out",[24,28,32,36,40],[25,26,27],"Private warehousing and storage jobs","98,354","BLS QCEW, NAICS 493, 2025",[29,30,31],"Share of US jobs in the trade","5.17 percent","98,354 against about 1,901,976 nationwide",[33,34,35],"Establishments","1,022","BLS QCEW",[37,38,39],"Jobs per establishment","96","98,354 ÷ 1,022, rounded",[41,42,43],"Gross refrigerated space","74 million cu ft","1.9 percent of the US 3.99 billion","",{"t":10,"text":46},"Refrigerated space matters because a freezer is hard on plastic; the [cold guide](\u002Fguides\u002Fplastic-pallets-in-the-cold) says what to ask for. Ohio held 74 million cubic feet of gross refrigerated warehouse capacity on October 1, 2025.",{"h2":48,"blocks":49},"Reading the numbers",[50],{"t":51,"items":52},"ul",[53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68],"Franklin County has 18,179 warehousing jobs, 18.5 percent of Ohio's 98,354, the most in the state.","Cuyahoga County has 12,498 warehousing jobs, 12.7 percent of Ohio's 98,354, 5,681 fewer than Franklin County.","Madison County has 7,480 warehousing jobs, 7.6 percent of Ohio's 98,354, 10,699 fewer than Franklin County.","Motor vehicle parts manufacturing employs 62,025 people in Ohio, 0.63 for every warehousing job.","Plastics product manufacturing employs 42,286 people in Ohio, 0.43 for every warehousing job.","Motor vehicle manufacturing employs 19,070 people in Ohio, 0.19 for every warehousing job.","Fruit and vegetable preserving employs 10,327 people in Ohio, 0.10 for every warehousing job.","Chemical manufacturing employs 49,328 people in Ohio, 0.50 for every warehousing job.","Ohio holds 5.17 percent of US warehousing jobs, about one in every 19, spread over 1,022 establishments averaging 96 jobs each.","Columbus accounts for 34,200 warehousing jobs, 34.8 percent of Ohio's.","Cincinnati accounts for 19,940 warehousing jobs, 20.3 percent of Ohio's.","Cleveland accounts for 13,652 warehousing jobs, 13.9 percent of Ohio's.","Pennsylvania has 123,481 warehousing jobs, 1.26 times the 98,354 in Ohio.","West Virginia has 3,631 warehousing jobs, 0.04 times the 98,354 in Ohio.","Kentucky has 38,281 warehousing jobs, 0.39 times the 98,354 in Ohio.","Indiana has 67,506 warehousing jobs, 0.69 times the 98,354 in Ohio.",{"h2":70,"blocks":71},"Who ships pallets here",[72,99,101],{"t":18,"head":73,"rows":77,"caption":98},[74,75,76],"Industry","Private jobs, 2025","Jobs per warehousing job",[78,82,86,90,94],[79,80,81],"Motor vehicle parts manufacturing","62,025","0.63",[83,84,85],"Plastics product manufacturing","42,286","0.43",[87,88,89],"Motor vehicle manufacturing","19,070","0.19",[91,92,93],"Fruit and vegetable preserving","10,327","0.10",[95,96,97],"Chemical manufacturing","49,328","0.50","Jobs: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025; where counties are withheld the figure is partial.",{"t":10,"text":100},"In Ohio, motor vehicle parts manufacturing employs 62,025. Parts suppliers move heavy loads in a loop with a customer, so dynamic load and a sound return plan matter together. It tends to lean on heavy-duty stackable pallets, nestable on the empty return, usually in 48 x 45 in or 48 x 40 in, and to ask about the dynamic load, since parts travel on forklifts and conveyors all day.",{"t":10,"text":102},"Motor vehicle parts manufacturing is the trade where Ohio is most concentrated, at 3.3 times the national share of employment. A buyer in that trade will tend to ask the questions in the last column first.",{"h2":104,"blocks":105},"The empty return",[106,108],{"t":10,"text":107},"An illustration, not a forecast: if each of 1,022 warehouse establishments in Ohio sent back 500 empty pallets in a week, that would be 511,000 pallets. 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