Industry in Dayton, Ohio

Many significant industrial, aerospace, and technological/engineering research activity are located in Dayton, and many technical innovations and inventions developed there. Dayton was the home of the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords, which brought an end to the war in Bosnia. Dayton, Ohio is also the home of the Wright brothers, poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, and entrepreneur John H. Patterson. Several major international, national, and regional corporations are also located in the Dayton area, including NCR, Reynolds & Reynolds, ChemStation International, Liberty Bank, NewPage Corporation, Standard Register, WorkflowOne (formally Relizon), LexisNexis, and more.

The median income for a household in the city was $27,523, and the median income for a family was $34,978.