Tulsa, Oklahoma Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Tulsa fell 0.0 percentage points in December 2011 to 6.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points higher than the Oklahoma rate. The unemployment rate in Tulsa peaked in January 2010 at 8.2% and is now 1.5 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 6.0% in May 2011, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.7 percentage points. You can also compare Tulsa unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Oklahoma	6.1%	0.0	-0.7
Tulsa	6.7%	0.0	-0.9

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Tulsa, Oklahoma, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Tulsa, Oklahoma Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Tulsa peaked in February 2010 at 36,134. There are now 6,824 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 25,874 in June 2011, the number of unemployed has now grown by 3,436. Tulsa employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Tulsa	29,310	+172	-3,834

Number of Unemployed Persons

Tulsa, Oklahoma Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Oklahoma Unemployment Rate	Tulsa Unemployment Rate	Tulsa Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	6.1%	6.7%	29,310
November 2011	8.7%	6.1%	6.7%	29,138
October 2011	8.9%	6.1%	6.6%	28,827
September 2011	9.0%	5.9%	6.4%	27,834
August 2011	9.1%	5.6%	6.2%	26,458
July 2011	9.1%	5.6%	6.2%	26,416
June 2011	9.1%	5.4%	6.0%	25,874
May 2011	9.0%	5.3%	6.0%	25,953
April 2011	9.0%	5.6%	6.4%	27,766
March 2011	8.9%	6.1%	6.9%	30,104
February 2011	9.0%	6.5%	7.4%	32,159
January 2011	9.1%	6.6%	7.5%	32,455