Stephens County, OK jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Stephens County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Stephens County economy

4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.7% the month before
19,204
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
43,314
people in Stephens County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$60,236
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Stephens 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 down 2.3% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 3.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.2%, up 0.5 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+445 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−331 jobs)

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Stephens County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Stephens 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.

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Employers hiring most in Stephens 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.

National Rural Water Association Career Center2 open roles
Farm Service Agency1 open role
Halliburton1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Stephens 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 - Duncan
Duncan · Comprehensive · 580-255-8950
8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday

Cities in Stephens County

Duncan4 jobs

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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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