Tulsa, Oklahoma Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Tulsa fell 0.7 percentage points in January 2021 to 5.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points higher than the Oklahoma rate. The unemployment rate in Tulsa peaked in April 2020 at 15.7% and is now 10.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare Tulsa unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
| Unemployment Rate | January 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | 6.3% | -0.4 | +2.8 |
| Oklahoma | 4.4% | -0.1 | +1.3 |
| Tulsa | 5.2% | -0.7 | +1.9 |
Unemployment Rate: Tulsa, Oklahoma, National
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 47,868 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Tulsa employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is also available.
| Unemployed Persons | January 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulsa | 25,431 | -2,750 | +9,717 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Tulsa, Oklahoma Unemployment History
| Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Oklahoma Unemployment Rate |
Tulsa Unemployment Rate |
Tulsa Unemployed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 |
6.0% | — | — | — |
| February 2021 |
6.2% | 4.4% | — | — |
| January 2021 |
6.3% | 4.4% | 5.2% | 25,431 |
| December 2020 |
6.7% | 4.5% | 5.9% | 28,181 |
| November 2020 |
6.7% | 4.8% | 6.8% | 32,493 |
| October 2020 |
6.9% | 5.2% | 6.9% | 33,343 |
| September 2020 |
7.8% | 5.7% | 6.0% | 29,414 |
| August 2020 |
8.4% | 6.3% | 6.3% | 29,721 |
| July 2020 |
10.2% | 7.2% | 7.8% | 36,646 |
| June 2020 |
11.1% | 8.2% | 7.1% | 32,158 |
| May 2020 |
13.3% | 9.5% | 13.1% | 62,877 |
| April 2020 |
14.8% | 13.0% | 15.7% | 73,299 |
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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