Regional Employment Analysis
Industry Analysis
Local Area Labor Force Studies
Regional Employment Analysis
A joint effort of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, Oklahoma
Employment Security Commission, and Governor's Council on Workforce and
Economic Development produced a series of analyses of the 2004 employment in the ten largest employing
industries for 12 regions covering the entire state of Oklahoma.
Please click on designated Wia
area on map to view regional employment analysis data.
Regional 2006 Update for 12 regions covering the entire state of
Oklahoma. Please click on designated
Wia area on map
to view data.
Industry Analysis
Administrative & Support Services Cluster Report
Aerospace Cluster Report
Agriculture & Food Processing Cluster Report
Automotive Cluster Report
Building Materials & Prefabricated Construction Cluster Report
Business Services & IT Cluster Report
Finance and Insurance Cluster Report
Forestry and Lumber Cluster Report
Government Cluster Report
Oklahoma High Tech Industry Report
Oklahoma High Tech Industry Report Appendix
Hospitality, Recreation & Tourism Cluster Report
Local Health Care Cluster Report
Logistics Cluster Report
Manufacturing Cluster Report
Oil and Gas Cluster Report
Local Area Labor Force Studies
A joint effort of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, the University of
Oklahoma’s Public Opinion Learning Laboratory, and community economic
development organizations across the state, this series of local area labor
force studies provides a variety of statistics and analysis about Oklahoma’s
workforce, including:
- Profile of local labor force;
- Numbers of the underemployed;
- Commuting patterns;
- Willingness to change employers;
- Educational levels of Oklahoma’s labor pool.
Completed surveys in the series are as follows; New surveys are added
regularly, so check back often:
Note: Click on small map icon to view
study areas.
Central Oklahoma Workforce Investment Area Labor Market Study January 2006
East Central OK Labor Force Study June 2006
Northwest OK Area Labor Force Study March 2006
Ardmore Labor Force Study December 2005
Claremore Labor Force Study June 2005
Bartlesville Labor Force Study June 2005
Edmond Area Labor Force Study April 2005
Southwest Labor Force Study April 2005
McAlester Area Labor Force Study April 2005
Durant Labor Force Study January 2005
Broken Arrow Labor Force Study March 2005
Ada Labor Force Study March 2005
Ponca City
Workforce Assessment
The 2001 series of Local Area Labor Force Studies analyze the
availability of labor in local areas with particular focus given to
identifying and profiling the underemployed. Communities of all
sizes—including Altus, Claremore, Lawton, Muskogee, Norman, Oklahoma City,
Pryor, and Tulsa—are profiled within the report series available at
the Center for Economic and Management Research at OU.