# Counties in Oklahoma by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

All 77 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `covered_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/oklahoma-counties

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Oklahoma County | 497,127 |
| 2 | Tulsa County | 371,956 |
| 3 | Cleveland County | 91,969 |
| 4 | Comanche County | 40,936 |
| 5 | Canadian County | 39,063 |
| 6 | Payne County | 35,314 |
| 7 | Rogers County | 31,076 |
| 8 | Muskogee County | 26,448 |
| 9 | Carter County | 23,466 |
| 10 | Garfield County | 23,334 |
| 11 | Pottawatomie County | 22,842 |
| 12 | Bryan County | 21,978 |
| 13 | Creek County | 21,304 |
| 14 | Pontotoc County | 20,613 |
| 15 | Washington County | 19,039 |
| 16 | Cherokee County | 18,652 |
| 17 | Kay County | 17,568 |
| 18 | Pittsburg County | 14,742 |
| 19 | Stephens County | 14,725 |
| 20 | Mayes County | 14,392 |
| 21 | Grady County | 13,811 |
| 22 | Ottawa County | 12,894 |
| 23 | Custer County | 12,820 |
| 24 | McClain County | 12,590 |
| 25 | McCurtain County | 12,445 |
| 26 | Le Flore County | 11,998 |
| 27 | Wagoner County | 11,632 |
| 28 | Okmulgee County | 10,443 |
| 29 | Texas County | 9,932 |
| 30 | Delaware County | 9,739 |
| 31 | Beckham County | 9,616 |
| 32 | Jackson County | 9,572 |
| 33 | Sequoyah County | 9,459 |
| 34 | Garvin County | 9,434 |
| 35 | Logan County | 9,127 |
| 36 | Osage County | 8,027 |
| 37 | Woodward County | 7,975 |
| 38 | Lincoln County | 7,480 |
| 39 | Caddo County | 7,443 |
| 40 | Seminole County | 7,044 |
| 41 | Kingfisher County | 6,937 |
| 42 | Marshall County | 5,498 |
| 43 | Choctaw County | 5,372 |
| 44 | Love County | 5,162 |
| 45 | Craig County | 4,967 |
| 46 | Murray County | 4,898 |
| 47 | Noble County | 4,672 |
| 48 | McIntosh County | 4,615 |
| 49 | Adair County | 4,294 |
| 50 | Atoka County | 3,487 |
| 51 | Pawnee County | 3,383 |
| 52 | Woods County | 3,257 |
| 53 | Haskell County | 3,179 |
| 54 | Latimer County | 3,110 |
| 55 | Blaine County | 3,054 |
| 56 | Johnston County | 3,038 |
| 57 | Hughes County | 2,840 |
| 58 | Okfuskee County | 2,565 |
| 59 | Pushmataha County | 2,471 |
| 60 | Dewey County | 2,264 |
| 61 | Major County | 2,033 |
| 62 | Cotton County | 1,962 |
| 63 | Washita County | 1,936 |
| 64 | Kiowa County | 1,909 |
| 65 | Nowata County | 1,660 |
| 66 | Tillman County | 1,484 |
| 67 | Beaver County | 1,298 |
| 68 | Grant County | 1,286 |
| 69 | Coal County | 1,234 |
| 70 | Ellis County | 1,158 |
| 71 | Alfalfa County | 1,149 |
| 72 | Harper County | 1,094 |
| 73 | Greer County | 888 |
| 74 | Jefferson County | 871 |
| 75 | Roger Mills County | 847 |
| 76 | Harmon County | 641 |
| 77 | Cimarron County | 618 |