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Custer County, OK jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Custer County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Custer County economy

  • 3.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.8% the month before

  • 15,353

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 28,332

    people in Custer County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $57,562

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 35%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Custer County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Custer 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 Custer 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. TEKsystems1 open role

Colleges in Custer County

Colleges in Custer County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Southwestern Oklahoma State UniversityWeatherfordPublic 4-year5,000–9,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Custer 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

  • Oklahoma Works - American Job Center - Weatherford

    Weatherford · Comprehensive · 580-302-7380

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

Cities in Custer County

Other Oklahoma counties

All of Oklahoma

Laid off or looking for work in Custer 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.