Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Oklahoma City fell 0.2 percentage points in October 2018 to 2.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points lower than the Oklahoma rate. The unemployment rate in Oklahoma City peaked in December 2009 at 6.5% and is now 3.7 percentage points lower. You can also compare Oklahoma City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.4
Oklahoma	3.4%	-0.1	-0.7
Oklahoma City	2.8%	-0.2	-0.8

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with October 2018 data as November metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Oklahoma City peaked in February 2010 at 38,551. There are now 19,104 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Oklahoma City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Oklahoma City	19,447	-800	-5,093

Number of Unemployed Persons

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Oklahoma Unemployment Rate	Oklahoma City Unemployment Rate	Oklahoma City Unemployed
November 2018	3.7%	—	—	—
October 2018	3.7%	3.4%	2.8%	19,447
September 2018	3.7%	3.5%	3.0%	20,247
August 2018	3.9%	3.7%	3.2%	22,284
July 2018	3.9%	3.8%	3.3%	22,565
June 2018	4.0%	3.9%	3.3%	22,934
May 2018	3.8%	4.0%	3.6%	24,689
April 2018	3.9%	4.0%	3.8%	26,092
March 2018	4.1%	4.0%	3.6%	24,624
February 2018	4.1%	4.1%	3.5%	23,929
January 2018	4.1%	4.1%	3.7%	24,777
December 2017	4.1%	4.1%	3.7%	24,881