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Cleveland County, OK jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Cleveland County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 38 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Cleveland County economy

  • 3.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.2% the month before

  • 162,225

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 297,545

    people in Cleveland County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $74,446

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 43%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Cleveland County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Cleveland 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 Cleveland 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. Nextep3 open roles
  2. Centuria2 open roles
  3. Norman Regional Health System2 open roles
  4. RideNow Group2 open roles
  5. University of Oklahoma2 open roles
  6. Agape Care1 open role
  7. Agiliti Health1 open role
  8. Bosch Group1 open role
  9. Chickasaw Nation Medical Center1 open role
  10. Colonial Group1 open role

Colleges in Cleveland County

Colleges in Cleveland County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNormanPublic 4-year20,000+
Mid-America Christian UniversityOklahoma CityPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Randall UniversityMoorePrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • 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

Cities in Cleveland County

Other Oklahoma counties

All of Oklahoma

Laid off or looking for work in Cleveland 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.