Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Oklahoma City fell 0.1 percentage points in February 2019 to 3.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the Oklahoma rate. The unemployment rate in Oklahoma City peaked in December 2009 at 6.5% and is now 3.4 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.8% in November 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.3 percentage points. You can also compare Oklahoma City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.2	-0.3
Oklahoma	3.3%	+0.1	-0.5
Oklahoma City	3.1%	-0.1	-0.4

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2019 data as March 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 17,364 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 19,105 in November 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 2,082. Oklahoma City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Oklahoma City	21,187	-765	-2,742

Number of Unemployed Persons

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Oklahoma Unemployment Rate	Oklahoma City Unemployment Rate	Oklahoma City Unemployed
March 2019	3.8%	3.3%	—	—
February 2019	3.8%	3.3%	3.1%	21,187
January 2019	4.0%	3.2%	3.2%	21,952
December 2018	3.9%	3.1%	2.9%	19,764
November 2018	3.7%	3.1%	2.8%	19,105
October 2018	3.8%	3.1%	2.9%	19,517
September 2018	3.7%	3.1%	3.0%	20,247
August 2018	3.8%	3.1%	3.2%	22,284
July 2018	3.9%	3.2%	3.3%	22,565
June 2018	4.0%	3.3%	3.3%	22,934
May 2018	3.8%	3.5%	3.6%	24,689
April 2018	3.9%	3.6%	3.8%	26,092