Employed residents in Oklahoma City, OK

Employed residents in Oklahoma City, OK was 370,824 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.8% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 20 cities in 2025.

2025, persons370,824

Change on 2024+0.8%

Rank1st of 20Cities in Oklahoma ranked

Series high370,8242025

Series low215,0251991

Next release: Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 10:00 ET, announced by BLS. Release calendar

Employed residents in Oklahoma City, OK, 1990 to 2025

persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 36 values

Period	persons
2025	370,824
2024	368,033
2023	360,324
2022	347,115
2021	334,621
2020	319,862
2019	330,775
2018	326,192
2017	320,055
2016	316,831
2015	297,600
2014	291,339
2013	288,160
2012	285,669
2011	278,528
2010	274,880
2009	243,886
2008	247,382
2007	244,147
2006	247,900
2005	251,020
2004	247,899
2003	243,847
2002	246,931
2001	246,219
2000	244,604
1999	245,436
1998	238,306
1997	235,327
1996	233,117
1995	226,466
1994	220,891
1993	217,502
1992	216,399
1991	215,025
1990	217,744

Rankings

US cities by employed residents 1706 places
Cities in Oklahoma by employed residents 20 places

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Oklahoma City, OK, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Oklahoma City, OK, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/oklahoma-city-ok. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Oklahoma City, OK, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/oklahoma-city-ok.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Oklahoma City, OK, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/oklahoma-city-ok (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Employed residents, Oklahoma City, OK, 1990 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/oklahoma-city-ok. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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What is the employed residents in Oklahoma City, OK?

Employed residents in Oklahoma City, OK was 370,824 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.8% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 20 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Oklahoma City, OK?

370,824 in 2025, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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