Oklahoma City, OK jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Oklahoma City
- Sr. Transportation ManagerUS Foods Holding
- Facility Maintenance ManagerUS Foods Holding
- Senior Director - ConstructionKaiva
- .NET/D365 Software DeveloperCaci-Iss
- Workplace Relations- Compliance SpecialistCaci-Iss
- Senior BuyerCaci-Iss
- Enterprise Service Desk Team ManagerCaci-Iss
- Business Operations SpecialistCaci-Iss
- Sr. HR GeneralistBenchmark
- Hybrid Email Marketing Specialist (Marketo Expert)Blyncsy
Employers hiring most in Oklahoma City
- Love's Travel Stops43 open roles
- Northrop Grumman20 open roles
- Continental Resources15 open roles
- Confidential13 open roles
- Pyramid Global Hospitality12 open roles
- Amazon10 open roles
- Veterans Health Administration10 open roles
- ATR - Arena Technical Resources8 open roles
- Caci, Inc. - Federal8 open roles
- CFS Brands7 open roles
Oklahoma City layoffs
No layoff notices naming Oklahoma City 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.
Where Oklahoma City ranks
Where Oklahoma City placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #6Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the Southwest8% · of 39
- #10Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the Southwest1.6% · of 43
- #11Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the Southwest37 / 100 · of 15
- #11Best all-round cities for remote workers in the Southwest41 / 100 · of 15
- #12Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Southwest$123k · of 15
- #12Best all-round cities for AI careers in the Southwest25 / 100 · of 15
Oklahoma 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 5.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 3.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.8%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+12,342 jobs), arts & recreation (+1,811 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−1,197 jobs), manufacturing (−551 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Oklahoma City. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Thunder starters Jalen Williams, Cason Wallace set for extended injury layoffsGeo Super · Oct 27, 2026
- Crumbl locations have continued to close, but not in Oklahoma CityThe Oklahoman on MSN · Oct 19, 2026
Learn and get funded in Oklahoma City
- 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.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Oklahoma City. 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).
- Oklahoma’s Workforce Board
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Oklahoma County economy
3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
423,769
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
800,487
people in Oklahoma County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$65,374
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Oklahoma’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Oklahoma unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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