Cleveland County, OK jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Cleveland County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 30 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Cleveland County economy

3.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.1% the month before
163,688
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
297,545
people in Cleveland County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$74,446
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Cleveland County ranks

Where Cleveland County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#8Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Southwest3.5% · of 100
#16Counties with the highest share of white-collar workers in the Southwest43% · of 100
#21Counties with the most jobs in AI-exposed sectors in the Southwest17% · of 70

Cleveland 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 3.6% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.6% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.5%, up 0.4 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,580 jobs), hotels & food (+464 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−701 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Cleveland County. 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 Cleveland County

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.

Cleveland County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Cleveland 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Cleveland 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.

B.E. Smith2 open roles
Centuria2 open roles
Norman Regional2 open roles
University of Oklahoma2 open roles
Agape Care1 open role
Agiliti Health1 open role
American Fidelity1 open role
Booz Allen Hamilton1 open role
Chickasaw Nation Medical Center1 open role
Chipotle Mexican Grill1 open role

Colleges in Cleveland County

Colleges in Cleveland County
College	City	Type	Students
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	Norman	Public 4-year	20,000+
Mid-America Christian University	Oklahoma City	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Randall University	Moore	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Cleveland 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).

Oklahoma’s Workforce Board
Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Canadian, Cimarron, Cleveland, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Hughes, Jackson, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, Major, Noble, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Payne, Pottawatomie, Roger Mills, Seminole, Texas, Washita, Woods, Woodward

Cities in Cleveland County

Other Oklahoma counties

All of Oklahoma

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Sources: 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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