Tulsa County · Oklahoma
Tulsa, 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 Tulsa, OK earn a median of $37,238 a year, 16% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 6.1% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 22% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $37,238#77 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 6.1%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 64.8%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 196,427Civilian employed, age 16+
What Tulsa does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance22%
- Professional, scientific & management12%
- Retail trade11.5%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food10.5%
- Manufacturing9.9%
- Construction7.6%
- Finance, insurance & real estate6%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities5.9%
- Other services, except public administration5.2%
- Public administration2.8%
- Wholesale trade2.6%
- Information2.2%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining1.6%
Related data for Tulsa
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
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%.