Jobs in the Cleveland, OH area: pay, hiring and remote work
The Cleveland, OH metro area has 858 open job postings from 184 employers in our data. 19.9% list a pay range, the median posted pay is $109,500 a year, 3.8% are remote and 24.4% have been open more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
A $109,500 posted salary in the Cleveland area buys about what $116,500 buys in the average US metro area, because prices here run 6% below the national average.
Housing costs run 21% below the US average here (BEA regional price parities).
After adjusting for local prices, the typical worker's official median wage ($50,000) is worth $53,500 in average-US dollars, 31st of 99 metro areas.
16.9% of postings are entry-level, 19th of 99 metro areas.
24.4% of open postings have been listed for more than 60 days (median 24 days), 72nd highest of 99 metro areas.
Cleveland compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
858open postings from 184 employers
19.9%list a pay range
$109,500median posted pay (middle half: $82,500 to $150,000)
3.8%remote
n/aunemployment rate, 2026-08 (BLS)
$50,000official median wage for all jobs, May 2025 (BLS)
16.9%entry-level postings
Across Ohio, employers had 287,000 job openings in 2025-12, an openings rate of 4.8% (BLS JOLTS).
City by city inside the metro area
Place
Postings
Employers
Pay listed
Median posted pay
Cleveland, OH
412
125
30.4%
$114,500
Mentor, OH
38
13
n/a
–
Strongsville, OH
29
9
n/a
–
Avon, OH
18
3
n/a
–
Warrensville Heights, OH
17
4
n/a
–
Medina, OH
16
6
n/a
–
Solon, OH
15
4
n/a
–
Places with at least 15 postings from 3 employers. Shading shows where median posted pay is higher. Pay figures need 8 postings with pay.
113 federal job announcements open to the public list Cleveland, OH, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $114,000. Agencies hiring most: Veterans Health Administration (39), Defense Finance and Accounting Service (19), Federal Aviation Administration (17), Headquarters, NASA (5), Internal Revenue Service (4). Source: USAJOBS, 2026-10-10.
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the Cleveland, OH area run 6% below the national average, and housing runs 21% below it. The official median wage for all jobs is $50,000, which is worth $53,500 in average-US dollars. The median posted pay of $109,500 is worth $116,500.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
A posting that lists several places counts once in the metro. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's 2023 definitions. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in the area. Methodology · All metro areas (CSV)
