Lawton, OK jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Lawton

• Electronic Warfare EngineerLeidos
• Sr. Offensive Cyber EngineerLeidos
• Mid-Level Offensive Cyber EngineerLeidos
• Jr. Offensive Cyber EngineerLeidos
• Junior Offensive Cyber EngineerLeidos
• Senior Test Engineer, Electromagnetic LaboratoryEpirus
• Physical Therapist Clinic DirectorUpstream Rehabilitation
• Director, Major Projects | NEW GENERATION (Construction Utility Projects)American Electric Power
• Plant Manager- Comanche StationAmerican Electric Power
• Business Development Principal- Integrated Air & Missile DefenseSikorsky Aircraft

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Employers hiring most in Lawton

1. Cameron University7 open roles
2. Leidos5 open roles
3. American Electric Power2 open roles
4. Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology2 open roles
5. ANPC1 open role
6. Black & Veatch1 open role
7. Cintas1 open role
8. Epirus1 open role
9. Firehawk Aerospace1 open role
10. Memorial Health System of Southwest Oklahoma1 open role

Lawton layoffs

No layoff notices naming Lawton in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Colleges in Lawton

Comanche County outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs up 0.5% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 0.8% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.4%, up 0.4 points from a year ago
• Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−364 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Lawton

• Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
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• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

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

Laid off in Oklahoma? How to file for unemployment in Oklahoma (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

• 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

Comanche County economy

• 4.4%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.0% the month before

• 49,024

  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