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Pontotoc County, OK jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Pontotoc County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 8 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Pontotoc County economy

  • 3.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.9% the month before

  • 18,664

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 38,158

    people in Pontotoc County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $62,564

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Pontotoc County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc 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. East Central University5 open roles
  2. Cintas1 open role
  3. Driven Brands Holdings1 open role
  4. Pepsico1 open role
  5. The Chickasaw Nation1 open role

Colleges in Pontotoc County

Colleges in Pontotoc County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
East Central UniversityAdaPublic 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Pontotoc 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 - Ada

    Ada · Comprehensive · 580-332-1533

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

Cities in Pontotoc County

Other Oklahoma counties

All of Oklahoma

Laid off or looking for work in Pontotoc 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.