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Employment rate in Oklahoma

2000 – 2024 · 25 data points 30 of 51 · Regions of United States Updated Nov 12, 2026

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Employment rate, 2000 – 2024 percent · Oklahoma · United States
+3.0 pp since 2014
Oklahoma United States

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Compared with Employment rate · percent
Oklahoma
69.3%

Source: OECD Regional Database

The series at a glance Oklahoma · 2000 – 2024
Latest value 69.3% · 2024
First value 72.7% · 2000
Highest 72.7% · 2000
Lowest 65.2% · 2016
Data points 25

By year

All years · 2000 – 2024

YearOklahomaChange United States
2024 69.3% −1.0 pp 70.3%
2023 70.3% +3.1 pp 70.9%
2022 67.2% +0.6 pp 70.0%
2021 66.6% −0.2 pp 67.7%
2020 66.8% +0.1 pp 67.1%
2019 66.7% −0.6 pp 70.1%
2018 67.3% +1.1 pp 69.4%
2017 66.2% +1.0 pp 68.8%
2016 65.2% −1.5 pp 68.1%
2015 66.7% +0.4 pp 67.4%
2014 66.3% −0.2 pp 68.1%
2013 66.5% −1.5 pp 67.4%
2012 68.0% +1.9 pp 67.1%
2011 66.1% −0.3 pp 66.6%
2010 66.4% −2.1 pp 66.7%
2009 68.5% −2.0 pp 67.6%
2008 70.5% +0.8 pp 70.9%
2007 69.7% −0.2 pp 71.8%
2006 69.9% −1.2 pp 72.0%
2005 71.1% +1.0 pp 71.5%
2004 70.1% +0.2 pp 71.2%
2003 69.9% −2.1 pp 71.2%
2002 72.0% ±0.0 pp 71.9%
2001 72.0% −0.7 pp 73.1%
2000 72.7% 74.2%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Ranking · Regions of United States

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryEmployment rate
42 Alabama 64.3%
40 Alaska 64.6%
20 Arizona 70.2%
46 Arkansas 63.7%
41 California 64.6%
9 Colorado 72.8%
29 Connecticut 68.6%
21 Delaware 69.7%
12 District of Columbia 71.8%
30 Florida 68.1%
34 Georgia 67.4%
44 Hawaii 63.9%
15 Idaho 71.2%
23 Illinois 69.6%
25 Indiana 69.5%
5 Iowa 75.5%
8 Kansas 73.0%
45 Kentucky 63.7%
49 Louisiana 62.4%
26 Maine 69.4%
17 Maryland 70.5%
13 Massachusetts 71.3%
37 Michigan 65.8%
4 Minnesota 75.5%
51 Mississippi 60.2%
16 Missouri 70.5%
11 Montana 72.2%
1 Nebraska 78.2%
47 Nevada 63.6%
10 New Hampshire 72.7%
31 New Jersey 68.1%
50 New Mexico 62.1%
43 New York 64.2%
39 North Carolina 64.9%
6 North Dakota 74.8%
28 Ohio 68.8%
35 Oklahoma 66.6%
19 Oregon 70.2%
32 Pennsylvania 68.0%
27 Rhode Island 69.4%
38 South Carolina 65.4%
2 South Dakota 77.5%
33 Tennessee 67.8%
36 Texas 66.1%
7 Utah 73.6%
18 Vermont 70.3%
24 Virginia 69.6%
22 Washington 69.7%
48 West Virginia 63.3%
3 Wisconsin 75.7%
14 Wyoming 71.3%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2021

What it means

The share of working-age people who have a job.

How it is calculated

Employed people of working age (usually 20–64 or 15–64) divided by the population of the same age.