Carter County, OK jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meCarter County economy
5.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.6% the month before
22,077
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
48,255
people in Carter County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$58,856
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Carter County ranks
Where Carter County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #20Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Southwest8.5 per 10,000 · of 97
Carter 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 2.2% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.8% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 5.4%, up 0.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: hotels & food (+947 jobs), retail (+845 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−1,332 jobs), manufacturing (−708 jobs)
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- 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.
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Carter County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Carter County 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.
Employers hiring most in Carter 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.
- Actalent1 open role
- EquipmentShare1 open role
- Good Shepherd Hospice1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Carter County. 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).
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Ardmore · Affiliate · 580-223-3291
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Oklahoma’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Oklahoma unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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