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Muskogee County, OK jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Muskogee County’s unemployment rate is 5.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 14 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Muskogee County economy

  • 5.1%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.6% the month before

  • 25,352

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 66,471

    people in Muskogee County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $51,999

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 32%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Muskogee County ranks

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

November 2026

Muskogee County outlook: Cooling

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

  • Private-sector jobs down 5.8% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 0.7% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 5.1%, up 0.5 points from a year ago
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−846 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Muskogee County. Each link goes to the publisher.

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Muskogee County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Muskogee 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 Muskogee 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.

  1. Refresco Group2 open roles
  2. Anchor Glass1 open role
  3. B.E. Smith1 open role
  4. CRH Public1 open role
  5. Davita1 open role
  6. Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs1 open role
  7. Michael Page1 open role
  8. Refresco1 open role
  9. ScionHealth1 open role
  10. Seasons & Crown Hospice1 open role

Colleges in Muskogee County

Colleges in Muskogee County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Bacone CollegeMuskogeePrivate non-profit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Muskogee 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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    Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington

  • Oklahoma Works - American Job Center - Muskogee

    Muskogee · Affiliate · 918-682-3364

    8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday

Cities in Muskogee County

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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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