Comanche County, OK jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Comanche County’s unemployment rate is 4.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 16 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Comanche County economy

4.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.0% the month before
48,806
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
121,699
people in Comanche County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$59,000
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Comanche County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Comanche 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 Comanche 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.

Cameron University4 open roles
ANPC2 open roles
Black & Veatch2 open roles
American Electric Power1 open role
Camgian1 open role
Epirus1 open role
Firehawk Aerospace1 open role
Fort Sill Apache Companies1 open role
Leidos1 open role
Sikorsky Aircraft1 open role

Colleges in Comanche County

Colleges in Comanche County
College	City	Type	Students
Cameron University	Lawton	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

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

Oklahoma Works - American Job Center - Lawton
Lawton · Comprehensive · 580-357-3500
8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday

Cities in Comanche County

Lawton16 jobs

Other Oklahoma counties

All of Oklahoma

Laid off or looking for work in Comanche County?

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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.