Oklahoma County · Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Oklahoma City, OK earn a median of $41,090 a year, 8% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 4.7% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 21.7% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $41,090#57 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 67.4%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 339,036Civilian employed, age 16+
What Oklahoma City does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance21.7%
- Retail trade12.3%
- Professional, scientific & management11.9%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food9.2%
- Construction7.5%
- Manufacturing7%
- Public administration6.8%
- Finance, insurance & real estate6.4%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities5.5%
- Other services, except public administration5.2%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining2.6%
- Wholesale trade2.4%
- Information1.6%
Related data for Oklahoma City
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.
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