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Oklahoma jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Oklahoma’s unemployment rate is 4.3%. 1,469 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 13 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

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Oklahoma economy

  • 4.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.4% the month before

  • 1,998,019

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 3,995,260

    people in Oklahoma

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $63,603

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 38%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Oklahoma layoffs

  • 13

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 0

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 13

    employers

WARN notices filed in Oklahoma, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
T-Mobile USA, Inc.Oklahoma City——State record
US Gypsum CoSouthard—ClosureState record
PepsiCoPurchase——State record
ConduentFLORHAM PARK——State record
Arvest BankLowell——State record
CAE USA IncAltus AFB—ClosureState record
VITAL ENERGY INCTULSA—ClosureState record
Hopkins Mfg- MiamiMiami—ClosureState record
Bright HorizonsWatertown—ClosureState record
TTECCentral—ClosureState record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Oklahoma

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. BOK Financial35 open roles
  2. Aaon22 open roles
  3. Helmerich & Payne20 open roles
  4. Northrop Grumman20 open roles
  5. Amazon16 open roles
  6. Olsson16 open roles
  7. CACI International15 open roles
  8. Confidential14 open roles
  9. CommunityCare13 open roles
  10. American Electric Power12 open roles
  11. Nicely12 open roles
  12. Flightsafety International11 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Oklahoma

  • Tulsa Community College1,001–5,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Oklahoma

  • 30

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 217,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Oklahoma

Largest colleges in Oklahoma
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwaterPublic 4-year20,000+
University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNormanPublic 4-year20,000+
University of Central OklahomaEdmondPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Northeastern State UniversityTahlequahPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Oral Roberts UniversityTulsaPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Southeastern Oklahoma State UniversityDurantPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Southwestern Oklahoma State UniversityWeatherfordPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Cameron UniversityLawtonPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
East Central UniversityAdaPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Langston UniversityLangstonPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Mid-America Christian UniversityOklahoma CityPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Northwestern Oklahoma State UniversityAlvaPublic 4-year1,000–4,999

All 30 Oklahoma colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Oklahoma. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

  • Green Country Workforce

    Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington

  • Oklahoma’s Workforce Board

    Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Canadian, Cimarron, Cleveland, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Hughes, Jackson, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, Major, Noble, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Payne, Pottawatomie, Roger Mills, Seminole, Texas, Washita, Woods, Woodward

  • South Central Oklahoma Workforce Development Board

    Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, McClain, Stephens, Tillman

  • Southern Workforce Executive Director

    Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Haskell, Jefferson, Johnston, Latimer, LeFlore, Love, Marshall, McClain, McCurtain, Murray, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Stephens, Tillman

32 American Job Centers in Oklahoma

Job fairs and business events in Oklahoma

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Oklahoma.

Conferences in Oklahoma

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Oklahoma, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 7 with dates announced.

All conferences

Oklahoma counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Oklahoma cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in Oklahoma?

See what to do first, what Oklahoma unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from Oklahoma’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Oklahoma unemployment benefits.