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Pittsburg County, OK jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Pittsburg County’s unemployment rate is 4.8%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Pittsburg County economy

  • 4.8%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.4% the month before

  • 17,217

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 43,629

    people in Pittsburg County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $54,787

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 36%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Pittsburg 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 0.4% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 1.1% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.8%, up 0.4 points from a year ago

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Pittsburg County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg 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. Amazon1 open role
  2. Applied Research Associates1 open role
  3. Davita1 open role
  4. Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers1 open role
  5. Love's Travel Stops1 open role
  6. Mcalester Regional Health Center Authority1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • 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 - McAlester

    Mcalester · Comprehensive · 918-423-6830

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

Cities in Pittsburg County

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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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