Comanche County, OK jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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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
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)
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Comanche County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Comanche 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 Comanche 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.
- Cameron University7 open roles
- Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology2 open roles
- American Electric Power1 open role
- ANPC1 open role
- Black & Veatch1 open role
- Cintas1 open role
- Epirus1 open role
- Firehawk Aerospace1 open role
- Lawton Public Schools1 open role
- Memorial Health System of Southwest Oklahoma1 open role
Colleges in Comanche County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron University | Lawton | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Comanche 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).
- 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
Cities in Comanche County
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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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