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Pittsburg County, OK jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Pittsburg County’s unemployment rate is 5.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Pittsburg County economy

  • 5.1%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.6% the month before

  • 16,895

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 43,629

    people in Pittsburg County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $54,787

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 36%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Pittsburg County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg 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. Amazon1 open role
  2. Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers1 open role
  3. Magnera1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Pittsburg 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 - McAlester

    Mcalester · Comprehensive · 918-423-6830

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

Cities in Pittsburg County

Other Oklahoma counties

All of Oklahoma

Laid off or looking for work in Pittsburg 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.