County Employment and Wages in Oklahoma — Fourth Quarter 2025

Employment rose in 1 of the 3 largest counties in Oklahoma from December 2024 to December 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Jerome Watters noted that Tulsa County (+0.9 percent) had the only over-the-year increase in employment. (See chart 1 and table 1.)

Horizontal bar chart showing over-the-year percent change in covered employment among the largest counties in Oklahoma in December 2025.

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in covered employment among the largest counties in Oklahoma, December 2025
County	Percent change, December 2025
Tulsa	0.9
Cleveland	-0.2
Oklahoma	-0.4

Oklahoma County (499,700) had the highest employment level in Oklahoma in December 2025. Together, the three largest counties accounted for 56.6 percent of total covered employment within the state. Nationwide, the 372 largest counties comprise 73.4 percent of total covered employment in the United States. (Large counties and county equivalents are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2024.)

Large county average weekly wages in the fourth quarter 2025

The average weekly wage gain in one large county in Oklahoma was above the national average of 4.2 percent. (See chart 2.) Tulsa had the largest gain (+4.4 percent). Wages also increased for Oklahoma County (+3.9 percent) and Cleveland (+3.8 percent).

Horizontal bar chart showing over-the-year percent change in covered average weekly wages among the largest counties in Oklahoma in the fourth quarter of 2025.

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Chart 2. Over-the-year percent change in covered average weekly wages among the largest counties in Oklahoma, fourth quarter 2025
County	Percent change, fourth quarter 2025
Tulsa	4.4
Oklahoma	3.9
Cleveland	3.8

Weekly wages in all three large counties in Oklahoma were below the national average of $1,569: $1,349 in Oklahoma County, $1,314 in Tulsa, and $1,053 in Cleveland.

Smaller county average weekly wages in the fourth quarter of 2025

Employment and wage levels (but not over-the-year changes) are also available for the 74 smaller counties in Oklahoma, defined as having employment below 75,000 in 2024. (See table 2.) Wage levels in all smaller counties were below the national average. Dewey reported the highest average weekly wage ($1,522) in the state. McIntosh reported the lowest average weekly wage ($767).

Among all 77 Oklahoma counties, 14 reported average weekly wages less than $900, 17 had wages from $900 to $999, 23 had wages from $1,000 to $1,099, and 23 had average weekly wages of $1,100 or higher. (See map 1 and table 2.)

Map 1. Average weekly wages by county in Oklahoma, fourth quarter 2025

(U.S. average = $1,569)

Additional statistics and other information

QCEW data for states have been included in this release in table 3.

Nationwide coverage of the largest counties is published in the County Employment and Wages news release. Additional information about quarterly employment and wages data is available in the news release Technical Note and from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages website.

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Table 1. Covered establishments, employment, and wages in the United States and the three largest counties in Oklahoma, fourth quarter 2025
Area	Establishments, fourth quarter (thousands)	Employment			Average weekly wage (1)
Area	Establishments, fourth quarter (thousands)	December 2025 (thousands)	Percent change, December 2024–25 (2)	National ranking by percent change (3)	Fourth quarter 2025 ($)	National ranking by level (3)	Percent change, fourth quarter 2024–25 (2)	National ranking by percent change (3)
United States (4)	12,428.4	156,700.2	0.2	--	1,569	--	4.2	--
Oklahoma	129.3	1,717.1	0.1	--	1,217	48	4.1	24
Cleveland	7.6	94.0	-0.2	195	1,053	365	3.8	223
Oklahoma	33.7	499.7	-0.4	221	1,349	207	3.9	208
Tulsa	26.7	378.2	0.9	65	1,314	228	4.4	138
(1) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data. (2) Percent changes were computed from employment and pay data adjusted for noneconomic county reclassifications. (3) Ranking does not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands. (4) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
Note: Data are preliminary. Dashes indicate data not applicable or available. Covered employment and wages include workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.

Table 2. Covered establishments, employment, and wages in the United States and all counties in Oklahoma, fourth quarter 2025
Area	Establishments	Employment December 2025	Average weekly wage ($) (1)
United States (2)	12,428,415	156,700,218	1,569
Oklahoma	129,339	1,717,109	1,217
Adair	358	4,389	859
Alfalfa	144	1,155	1,052
Atoka	352	3,456	862
Beaver	173	1,295	1,041
Beckham	766	9,667	1,112
Blaine	286	3,171	1,035
Bryan	1,278	22,100	1,073
Caddo	578	7,255	1,122
Canadian	4,270	39,081	1,038
Carter	1,709	23,183	1,110
Cherokee	940	18,783	1,107
Choctaw	391	5,381	929
Cimarron	90	608	916
Cleveland	7,599	93,974	1,053
Coal	132	1,274	1,104
Comanche	2,682	41,277	1,058
Cotton	127	1,795	978
Craig	432	4,952	937
Creek	1,669	21,448	1,156
Custer	993	13,090	1,068
Delaware	959	9,558	899
Dewey	183	2,382	1,522
Ellis	142	1,253	929
Garfield	1,726	23,282	1,040
Garvin	828	9,420	1,204
Grady	1,268	13,895	1,030
Grant	149	1,330	1,246
Greer	98	874	834
Harmon	74	670	883
Harper	142	1,094	1,031
Haskell	293	3,438	858
Hughes	278	2,934	863
Jackson	678	9,710	1,069
Jefferson	139	877	856
Johnston	264	3,070	1,013
Kay	1,196	17,757	1,022
Kingfisher	607	7,051	1,173
Kiowa	230	1,961	923
Latimer	215	3,181	1,100
LeFlore	1,027	12,226	862
Lincoln	718	7,664	1,117
Logan	958	9,026	944
Love	250	5,207	1,146
McClain	1,344	12,914	1,058
McCurtain	886	12,398	969
McIntosh	434	4,661	767
Major	245	2,006	964
Marshall	375	5,683	1,023
Mayes	1,039	14,876	1,264
Murray	366	4,939	1,119
Muskogee	1,597	26,541	1,093
Noble	261	4,778	1,307
Nowata	202	1,669	914
Okfuskee	215	2,619	884
Oklahoma	33,712	499,690	1,349
Okmulgee	810	10,637	961
Osage	555	8,265	1,041
Ottawa	809	12,804	920
Pawnee	353	3,357	931
Payne	2,302	35,430	1,057
Pittsburg	1,052	14,893	1,020
Pontotoc	1,199	20,698	1,363
Pottawatomie	1,467	23,266	947
Pushmataha	294	2,552	845
Roger Mills	107	859	1,014
Rogers	2,231	31,376	1,331
Seminole	504	7,096	971
Sequoyah	795	9,552	835
Stephens	1,205	14,681	1,099
Texas	576	10,041	990
Tillman	172	1,487	870
Tulsa	26,696	378,170	1,314
Wagoner	1,306	12,012	1,150
Washington	1,425	19,112	1,270
Washita	282	2,151	942
Woods	301	3,276	1,070
Woodward	803	7,968	1,137
(1) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data. (2) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
Note: Data are preliminary. Dashes indicate data not applicable or available. Covered employment and wages include workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.

Table 3. Covered establishments, employment, and wages by state, fourth quarter 2025
State	Establishments, fourth quarter (thousands)	Employment		Average weekly wage (1)
State	Establishments, fourth quarter (thousands)	December 2025 (thousands)	Percent change, December 2024–25	Fourth quarter 2025 ($)	National ranking by level	Percent change, fourth quarter 2024–25	National ranking by percent change
United States (2)	12,428.4	156,700.2	0.2	1,569	--	4.2	--
Alabama	167.4	2,135.3	0.5	1,301	36	3.7	37
Alaska	25.3	317.3	-0.3	1,497	16	4.7	14
Arizona	227.4	3,278.3	0.0	1,446	20	3.0	47
Arkansas	113.0	1,318.2	0.4	1,213	49	5.0	8
California	2,013.7	18,351.7	0.6	1,954	4	4.6	16
Colorado	258.5	2,896.4	-0.6	1,683	8	5.6	3
Connecticut	149.8	1,706.5	0.1	1,801	6	5.0	8
Delaware	47.3	481.0	0.1	1,502	15	4.7	14
District of Columbia	51.0	726.1	-4.5	2,587	1	4.1	24
Florida	886.2	10,013.2	0.3	1,471	17	4.8	12
Georgia	398.7	4,925.4	0.1	1,440	21	3.5	40
Hawaii	63.0	650.0	-0.2	1,411	25	5.0	8
Idaho	104.3	875.7	1.8	1,303	35	5.8	2
Illinois	387.7	6,089.5	-0.1	1,588	11	3.3	42
Indiana	195.6	3,211.2	0.1	1,276	40	4.5	17
Iowa	110.6	1,560.0	-0.2	1,282	39	3.7	37
Kansas	101.8	1,443.2	-0.1	1,268	44	4.1	24
Kentucky	161.3	2,008.7	-0.1	1,235	46	3.8	34
Louisiana	159.2	1,927.3	-0.5	1,267	45	3.2	44
Maine	67.6	644.7	-0.1	1,332	33	4.2	21
Maryland	199.5	2,754.6	-1.1	1,616	10	3.0	47
Massachusetts	298.5	3,625.5	-0.9	1,980	2	4.9	11
Michigan	316.9	4,412.7	0.0	1,427	23	4.2	21
Minnesota	215.2	2,948.0	0.0	1,505	14	3.7	37
Mississippi	92.2	1,180.9	0.3	1,075	51	5.1	7
Missouri	259.9	2,920.8	-0.1	1,324	34	4.4	18
Montana	62.3	512.3	-0.1	1,296	38	3.3	42
Nebraska	78.5	1,024.0	-0.2	1,275	42	4.0	31
Nevada	111.0	1,592.1	1.7	1,395	27	3.2	44
New Hampshire	67.9	688.8	-0.6	1,652	9	4.8	12
New Jersey	343.1	4,343.1	0.2	1,691	7	3.9	33
New Mexico	69.7	875.3	-0.3	1,275	42	4.1	24
New York	719.1	9,907.5	0.4	1,975	3	5.4	4
North Carolina	392.1	4,991.1	0.9	1,409	26	3.8	34
North Dakota	37.0	430.4	-0.2	1,350	31	2.7	49
Ohio	348.5	5,554.4	0.0	1,358	30	4.1	24
Oklahoma	129.3	1,717.1	0.1	1,217	48	4.1	24
Oregon	177.9	1,975.8	-1.0	1,468	19	3.2	44
Pennsylvania	398.1	6,094.8	0.2	1,470	18	4.0	31
Rhode Island	49.1	500.3	-0.1	1,429	22	6.0	1
South Carolina	192.4	2,344.7	1.5	1,276	40	4.3	20
South Dakota	41.2	458.9	-0.2	1,230	47	4.1	24
Tennessee	225.2	3,281.6	-0.3	1,424	24	3.8	34
Texas	860.8	14,255.2	0.8	1,549	13	4.2	21
Utah	144.6	1,761.6	1.4	1,389	28	4.1	24
Vermont	34.5	309.3	-0.9	1,378	29	5.3	5
Virginia	324.0	4,166.9	0.5	1,585	12	2.6	50
Washington	242.1	3,590.3	-0.3	1,948	5	2.4	51
West Virginia	62.8	698.3	-0.6	1,203	50	3.5	40
Wisconsin	213.9	2,946.2	-0.1	1,346	32	5.3	5
Wyoming	31.7	278.4	-0.8	1,297	37	4.4	18
Puerto Rico	53.5	974.7	-0.2	735	(3)	2.8	(3)
Virgin Islands	3.0	34.7	0.3	1,068	(3)	2.7	(3)
(1) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data. (2) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands. (3) Data not included in the national ranking.
Note: Data are preliminary. Dashes indicate data not applicable or available. Covered employment and wages include workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.

Last Modified Date: Thursday, June 11, 2026

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County Employment and Wages in Oklahoma — Fourth Quarter 2025

(U.S. average = $1,569)