September 2009 + Aerospace-related Sectors Piloted Northeast Ohio to New Heights

Team Northeast Ohio (Team NEO) released the latest edition of the quarterly Cleveland Plus® Economic Review today with a focus on the region’s growing aerospace-related sector. Findings include that Northeast Ohio GRP for the sector has grown 59% since 1993, now representing 24% of all manufacturing. With significant regional growth in the industries that supply to the aerospace sector, the collective $8 billion cluster of these industries is helping to transition the Cleveland Plus regional economy.

  • This is a Sector Comprised of Highly Sophisticated Industries: Fabricated Metal is 21%, Navigational, Measuring & Control Instruments is 20%, and Aerospace Product & Parts is 12% of aerospace GRP
  • Higher Paying Jobs: The skills needed for this sophisticated sector are more advanced and reflected in 36% higher average wages than other industries in the region
  • Strength Throughout Region: The more than 2,300 firms whose products and processes are instrumental to the aerospace sector are disbursed throughout the entire Cleveland Plus region
  • Major aerospace suppliers headquartered in Northeast Ohio include: NASA Glenn Research Center, Parker Hannifin, The Timken Company, Goodrich

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