The Cincinnati - Dayton region has a large, knowledge-based workforce of more than 1.54 million workers.  This includes 25,750 working scientists and engineers - more than work in Research Triangle Park North Carolina - and a total of 40,000 working scientists and engineers within a 50 mile radius.

More than 58% of Butler County's population 25 and older has some college, associate degrees, bachelor degrees, graduate degrees, or professional degrees.

The county continues to produce new workers from its comprehensive career technical education schools.    The Butler Technology & Career Development School, the second largest career-technical school district in the State of Ohio, offers a broad spectrum of programs closely tied to the needs of the area businesses and industry.

Butler Tech provides career education for over 6,300 high school students and 7,900 adult students annually through programs at its D. Russel Lee Career-Technology Center campus and nine associate school districts

The Butler Technology & Career Development School Career Development Program offers leadership to 61 schools and nine associate school districts

Over 5,500 adults attend over 400 classes, and nearly 500 adult students participate in 11 occupational training programs at Butler Technical & Career School. Approximately 900 area employees participate in 98 customized courses designed to meet the needs of area business and industry.

The accessibility to higher education at the many colleges and universities in the region and Butler County's comprehensive career and technical education and training programs are very important in attracting new business and industry as well as the retention and expansion of existing businesses.

There are also many two-earner families in Butler County, bringing diversity and additional resources to the workforce. In Butler County, the civilian labor force totaled 191,400 with over 181,700 employed in 2007.

Butler County has one of the lowest labor turn-over rates and separation rates among U.S. metropolitan statistical areas.

Unemployment - Based on labor force estimates of workers covered under the Ohio Unemployment Law (excludes workers such as federal employees which are consider in total employment for the area), in 2007, 181,700 or 94.9 percent were employed and 9,600 or 5.0 percent were unemployed.
Source: Ohio Bureau of Employment Services