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Tulsa, Oklahoma Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Tulsa fell 0.2 percentage points in November 2020 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 April 2020 at 15.7% and is now 9.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 6.0% in September 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.7 percentage points. You can also compare Tulsa unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
National 6.7% -0.2 +3.1
Oklahoma 6.1% -0.1 +2.7
Tulsa 6.7% -0.2 +3.3
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2020 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Tulsa, Oklahoma, National

Tulsa, Oklahoma monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Tulsa, Oklahoma Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Tulsa peaked in April 2020 at 73,299. There are now 40,796 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 29,414 in September 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 3,089. Tulsa employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Tulsa 32,503 -840 +16,234

Number of Unemployed Persons

Tulsa, Oklahoma Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Oklahoma
Unemployment Rate		 Tulsa
Unemployment Rate		 Tulsa
Unemployed
December
2020		 6.7% 5.3% — —
November
2020		 6.7% 6.1% 6.7% 32,503
October
2020		 6.9% 6.2% 6.9% 33,343
September
2020		 7.8% 5.4% 6.0% 29,414
August
2020		 8.4% 5.7% 6.3% 29,721
July
2020		 10.2% 7.1% 7.8% 36,646
June
2020		 11.1% 6.4% 7.1% 32,158
May
2020		 13.3% 12.6% 13.1% 62,877
April
2020		 14.8% 14.7% 15.7% 73,299
March
2020		 4.4% 2.9% 3.3% 15,992
February
2020		 3.5% 3.2% 3.1% 15,099
January
2020		 3.5% 3.3% 3.3% 15,714

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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