Tulsa, Oklahoma Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Tulsa fell 0.1 percentage points in October 2018 to 3.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than the Oklahoma rate. The unemployment rate in Tulsa peaked in January 2010 at 7.9% and is now 4.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Tulsa 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
Tulsa	3.1%	-0.1	-1.1

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: Tulsa, Oklahoma, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Tulsa, Oklahoma Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Tulsa peaked in January 2010 at 36,487. There are now 21,552 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Tulsa employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Tulsa	14,935	-482	-5,369

Number of Unemployed Persons

Tulsa, Oklahoma Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Oklahoma Unemployment Rate	Tulsa Unemployment Rate	Tulsa Unemployed
November 2018	3.7%	—	—	—
October 2018	3.7%	3.4%	3.1%	14,935
September 2018	3.7%	3.5%	3.2%	15,417
August 2018	3.9%	3.7%	3.5%	17,198
July 2018	3.9%	3.8%	3.6%	17,775
June 2018	4.0%	3.9%	3.7%	18,150
May 2018	3.8%	4.0%	4.0%	19,488
April 2018	3.9%	4.0%	4.2%	20,349
March 2018	4.1%	4.0%	3.9%	19,059
February 2018	4.1%	4.1%	3.9%	18,782
January 2018	4.1%	4.1%	4.2%	20,181
December 2017	4.1%	4.1%	4.2%	20,406