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Carter County, OK jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Carter County’s unemployment rate is 6.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Carter County economy

  • 6.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.7% the month before

  • 21,544

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 48,255

    people in Carter County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $58,856

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 32%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Carter County layoffs

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

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Carter County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Albertsons Companies1 open role
  2. Chick-fil-A1 open role
  3. EquipmentShare1 open role
  4. Good Shepherd Hospice1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • 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

  • Oklahoma Works - American Job Center - Ardmore

    Ardmore · Affiliate · 580-223-3291

    8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday,

Cities in Carter County

Other Oklahoma counties

All of Oklahoma

Laid off or looking for work in Carter County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Oklahoma’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.