Used plastic pallets in Ohio

Where Ohio's pallet work sits

Warehousing and storage in Ohio employed 98,354 people at 1,022 sites in 2025, an average of 96.2 per site, by the BLS count of private employers.

• Franklin County: 18,179 warehousing jobs, 18% of Ohio and 0.96% of the country, 1.5 times Cuyahoga County.
• Cuyahoga County: 12,498 warehousing jobs, 13% of Ohio and 0.66% of the country, 69% of the size of Franklin County.
• Madison County: 7,480 warehousing jobs, 7.6% of Ohio and 0.39% of the country, 41% of the size of Franklin County.

Ohio against the country

Each line is Ohio's private-sector figure beside the national total, with the share it makes up and, where the data allows, its rank among the fifty states.

What the ratios say

The BLS withholds counties where a figure would identify one employer, which means the 3 counties shown for Ohio understate what the state holds.

• The three largest warehousing counties hold 39% of Ohio's jobs in the line.
• Size of site: 96.2 jobs in the typical Ohio warehouse, more than the 81.5 found across the country (18 percent more).
• Food manufacturing employs 0.67 people for every warehousing job in Ohio; across the US the ratio is 0.93.
• Ohio holds 3.7% of the nation's food manufacturing jobs and 5.2% of its warehousing jobs, so food is the lighter of the two lines here.
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing adds 7,365 jobs, 2.1% of the US total.
• Motor vehicle assembly accounts for 19,070 jobs in Ohio, 6.6% of the US total, with another 62,025 in parts.
• Refrigerated space works out at 752 cubic feet for every warehousing job, against 2,098 nationally.
• The 3 metros below account for 69% of the state's warehousing jobs, counting disclosed counties only.
• Franklin County's 18,179 warehousing jobs are more than the whole state total of 20 other states, the largest being Minnesota at 17,921.
• Virginia runs warehouses of nearly the same size, at 96.6 jobs per establishment against 96.2 here.
• For food manufacturing, North Carolina is the closest match at 61,441 jobs, 4,679 below Ohio's 66,120.
• The smallest county the BLS shows for Ohio is Madison County with 7,480 jobs; the largest has 2.4 times as many.
• If warehousing jobs were split evenly across 50 states, each would hold 2.0% of the total; Ohio holds 5.17%, which is 2.58 times an even share.
• Florida sits above Ohio with 7,047 more warehousing jobs, and Georgia sits below with 13,624 fewer.

Where Ohio ranks

Ohio and the 4 states above it hold 39% of the country's 1,901,976 warehousing jobs between them. The median state has 23,211, so Ohio is 75,144 jobs above it; California, the largest, has 236,923, or 2 times as many.

Industries that use pallets in Ohio

The line that stands out in Ohio is motor vehicle parts manufacturing, 3.3 times as concentrated as it is across the US. Automotive plants reuse pallets in a loop and load them heavily, so ask for static and dynamic ratings and for one maker.

• Motor vehicle parts manufacturing: 62,025 jobs in Ohio, 12% of the 521,212 across the US, or 0.63 for every warehousing job in the state.
• Plastics product manufacturing: 42,286 jobs in Ohio, 7.4% of the 575,006 across the US, or 0.43 for every warehousing job in the state.
• Motor vehicle manufacturing: 19,070 jobs in Ohio, 6.6% of the 288,633 across the US, or 0.19 for every warehousing job in the state.
• Fruit and vegetable preserving: 10,327 jobs in Ohio, 5.9% of the 173,844 across the US, or 0.10 for every warehousing job in the state.
• Chemical manufacturing: 49,328 jobs in Ohio, 5.5% of the 892,426 across the US, or 0.50 for every warehousing job in the state.

The ladder around Ohio

At 5th of 50 states by warehousing jobs, Ohio has these neighbours in the ranking, two above and two below.

Metros we list in Ohio

3 metros in Ohio have a page with ZIPs, counties and corridors.

Wear you can measure

• Deck bow: lay the straight edge across and slide a feeler between it and the deck.
• Runner flattening: compare the thickness of a worn runner with an unworn one.
• Corner loss: hold a square against the corner and note any missing plastic.
• Pocket height: measure the opening at both ends of each fork pocket.
• Weight: weigh three pallets on a platform scale and note the spread.

Asking for a lot in Ohio

USDA counted 74 million cubic feet of gross refrigerated warehouse space in Ohio on 1 October 2025, 16th among the states; ask the maker how a pallet behaves frozen.

• Ask for a uniform closed-loop lot in 48 x 45 in to match heavy-duty bulk containers
• Write the Ohio ZIP where the lot will land
• Say how many pallet-loads, or whether you need a truck

Other states

• Arizona
• California
• Florida
• Georgia
• Louisiana
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina
• Vermont
• Virginia

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