Oklahoma City, OK jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Oklahoma City

• Chief Nursing OfficerUnited Surgical Partners International
• Chief Executive OfficerAMN Healthcare
• Deputy Director - Continuous Quality ImprovementOklahoma Human Services
• Area Manager, Sales - Oklahoma CityPerformance Food Group
• Plant ManagerRBC Bearings
• Data Analyst II/IIISystem One
• .NET/D365 Software DeveloperCaci Technologies
• Data EngineerCaci Technologies
• Subcontracts AdministratorCaci Technologies
• Senior Business Operations AnalystChainalysis

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Employers hiring most in Oklahoma City

1. Love's Travel Stops43 open roles
2. Northrop Grumman20 open roles
3. Continental Resources15 open roles
4. CACI International13 open roles
5. Confidential9 open roles
6. ATR - Arena Technical Resources8 open roles
7. Caci International8 open roles
8. Pyramid Global Hospitality8 open roles
9. Amazon7 open roles
10. Carvana6 open roles

Oklahoma City layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Oklahoma City in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Where Oklahoma City ranks

• #8 Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Southwest $120k
• #13 Best cities for mid-career professionals in the Southwest 53%
• #14 Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Southwest 131 openings
• #16 Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the Southwest 6%
• #24 Best cities for junior jobs in the Southwest 32%

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Oklahoma County outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs up 5.8% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 3.0% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.8%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+12,342 jobs), arts & recreation (+1,811 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−1,197 jobs), manufacturing (−551 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Oklahoma City. Each link goes to the publisher.

• Thunder starters Jalen Williams, Cason Wallace set for extended injury layoffsGeo Super · Oct 27, 2026
• Crumbl locations have continued to close, but not in Oklahoma CityThe Oklahoman on MSN · Oct 19, 2026

Learn and get funded in Oklahoma City

• Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

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

Laid off in Oklahoma? How to file for unemployment in Oklahoma (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

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Oklahoma County economy

• 4.1%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  3.5% the month before

• 420,193

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 800,487

  people in Oklahoma County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $65,374

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 41%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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