Oklahoma Economy: GDP, Income and Employment

Oklahoma produced $274.3 billion in current-dollar GDP in 2025, 0.89% of the published U.S. total. Its real output changed 2.22% from 2024.

Gross domestic product

$274.3 billion

2025 · Current dollars · BEA SAGDP1 line 3
$274,292.2 million. Published September 30, 2026.

Real GDP growth

2.22%

2025 vs. 2024 · Annual change
Calculated from BEA SAGDP1 line 1, chained 2017 dollars.

Unemployment rate

4.3%

August 2026 · Seasonally adjusted · Preliminary
BLS LAUS · Published September 18, 2026.

Payroll job growth

0.71%

August 2026 vs. August 2025 · Seasonally adjusted
BLS state CES · 1,799.6 thousand nonfarm jobs.

Personal income per capita

$66,055

2025 · Dollars per resident · BEA SAINC1 line 3
Before personal current taxes. Published September 30, 2026.

Regional price level

87.843

2024 · U.S. = 100 · BEA all-items RPP
Published February 19, 2026. This measures price levels, not inflation.

Oklahoma compared with the United States

Annual real GDP growth was 0.12 percentage points below the U.S. annual growth rate in 2025. Personal income per resident was $10,973 below the U.S. value of $77,028 in the same year. These comparisons use national observations from the same regional producer files.

The August unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points above the national 4.1% reading. That numerical difference is not a statistical-significance claim. The 2024 price parity was 12.2% below the national benchmark. Household circumstances and local housing markets can differ from these state averages.

Where Oklahoma ranks among states

GDP and income history

Current-dollar output rose 42.5% between 2017 and 2025 in this acquired history. That figure includes price change and is separate from real output growth. The chart uses the published price-adjusted total; chained-dollar industry components are not added together.

Oklahoma real GDP, 2017–2025 — Millions of chained 2017 dollars 188.4K203.8K219.3K 20172025 Oklahoma real GDP, 2017–2025 — Millions of chained 2017 dollars 188.4K203.8K219.3K 20172025
Oklahoma annual accounts and spatial prices · acquired September 30, 2026
YearNominal GDP, $ millionsReal GDP, chained 2017 $ millionsIncome per resident, $All-items price parity
2025274,292.2216,307.366,055Not published
2024263,575.6211,610.763,13387.843
2023254,474.0207,040.760,43788.680
2022246,833.3194,280.857,94488.807
2021219,233.8195,358.554,63089.883
2020192,291.1191,377.749,99389.630
2019205,981.3200,011.748,16389.332
2018204,193.9195,997.046,02089.646
2017192,538.6192,538.643,86490.881

Missing 2025 price parities mean that year was not published in the acquired file. They are not treated as zero or estimated from another year.

Employment and unemployment history

Unemployment describes eligible resident jobseekers as a share of the civilian labor force. Payroll employment describes jobs at establishments in Oklahoma. A commuter can live in another state; a person with multiple covered jobs can contribute multiple payroll jobs. Neither series substitutes for the other.

Oklahoma unemployment rate, 2017–2026 — Percent of civilian labor force; seasonally adjusted 1.77.713.7 2017-012026-08 Oklahoma unemployment rate, 2017–2026 — Percent of civilian labor force; seasonally adjusted 1.77.713.7 2017-012026-08

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Monthly unemployment and payroll table
BLS state series · seasonally adjusted · payroll levels in thousands of jobs
MonthUnemployment, %Payroll jobs, thousandsUnemployment status
August 20264.31,799.6Preliminary
July 20264.31,797.9Published
June 20264.21,795.0Published
May 20264.11,794.9Published
April 20264.01,793.4Published
March 20263.91,790.5Published
February 20263.91,786.7Published
January 20263.91,786.7Published
December 20253.71,787.0Published
November 20253.71,786.0Published
October 2025Not published1,784.8Not published
September 20253.61,785.4Published
August 20253.41,786.9Published
July 20253.31,788.4Published
June 20253.21,791.3Published
May 20253.11,797.4Published
April 20253.11,796.8Published
March 20253.11,794.9Published
February 20253.11,791.6Published
January 20253.11,792.4Published
December 20243.11,790.4Published
November 20243.11,791.1Published
October 20243.11,788.9Published
September 20243.11,785.7Published
August 20243.21,784.0Published
July 20243.21,780.5Published
June 20243.21,773.4Published
May 20243.21,777.6Published
April 20243.31,776.4Published
March 20243.31,779.2Published
February 20243.31,775.1Published
January 20243.31,768.0Published
December 20233.41,769.3Published
November 20233.41,767.2Published
October 20233.41,766.9Published
September 20233.31,765.1Published
August 20233.21,759.9Published
July 20233.11,754.4Published
June 20233.01,757.6Published
May 20233.01,752.5Published
April 20232.91,751.1Published
March 20232.91,749.8Published
February 20233.01,746.6Published
January 20233.01,745.7Published
December 20223.01,732.2Published
November 20223.11,727.6Published
October 20223.11,723.6Published
September 20223.11,722.7Published
August 20223.11,715.0Published
July 20223.11,712.2Published
June 20223.01,693.9Published
May 20223.01,697.3Published
April 20222.91,693.1Published
March 20222.91,685.1Published
February 20222.91,684.0Published
January 20222.91,677.7Published
December 20212.91,676.5Published
November 20212.91,670.8Published
October 20213.11,668.7Published
September 20213.41,655.4Published
August 20213.71,654.7Published
July 20214.01,654.5Published
June 20214.31,648.8Published
May 20214.51,641.8Published
April 20214.71,637.9Published
March 20214.81,639.1Published
February 20214.91,620.8Published
January 20215.01,632.2Published
December 20205.21,630.8Published
November 20205.31,627.8Published
October 20205.51,625.6Published
September 20205.91,619.0Published
August 20206.31,614.6Published
July 20207.41,607.9Published
June 20208.21,601.8Published
May 20209.81,566.3Published
April 202012.51,533.8Published
March 20203.21,693.1Published
February 20203.21,702.8Published
January 20203.11,704.2Published
December 20193.11,705.7Published
November 20193.11,707.4Published
October 20193.21,705.9Published
September 20193.21,707.5Published
August 20193.11,706.1Published
July 20193.11,707.1Published
June 20193.01,702.8Published
May 20193.01,705.1Published
April 20193.11,706.8Published
March 20193.11,705.4Published
February 20193.21,704.4Published
January 20193.21,701.2Published
December 20183.21,698.2Published
November 20183.21,697.3Published
October 20183.11,696.3Published
September 20183.11,694.1Published
August 20183.11,694.9Published
July 20183.11,691.6Published
June 20183.21,691.6Published
May 20183.31,686.3Published
April 20183.41,680.2Published
March 20183.51,685.6Published
February 20183.61,679.9Published
January 20183.71,679.1Published
December 20173.81,672.4Published
November 20173.81,669.3Published
October 20173.91,668.5Published
September 20173.91,670.2Published
August 20174.01,668.3Published
July 20174.01,667.5Published
June 20174.01,666.8Published
May 20174.01,658.5Published
April 20174.11,658.1Published
March 20174.21,654.3Published
February 20174.31,650.4Published
January 20174.41,648.1Published

Largest published industries in Oklahoma

The table orders non-overlapping broad sectors by their 2025 current-dollar GDP in BEA SAGDP2. These shares describe production structure; they do not establish the sectors responsible for the most recent real growth. Suppressed or unavailable cells are omitted rather than reconstructed.

Oklahoma largest acquired broad industries · 2025 · current dollars
IndustryProducer classificationOutput, $ millionsShare of state GDP
Government and government enterprises9242,950.515.66%
Real estate and rental and leasing5329,196.810.64%
Manufacturing31-3324,841.79.06%
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction2123,847.38.69%
Health care and social assistance6221,828.27.96%

Government and government enterprises is the largest of the acquired broad sectors, at 15.7% of total nominal output. The next sectors are Real estate and rental and leasing and Manufacturing. The original industry classification and table line remain in the JSON download; no occupational wage or employment estimate is inferred from an output share.

Compare economies of a similar nominal size

The three states nearest Oklahoma in 2025 nominal GDP are Iowa, Nevada, Kentucky. These peers are selected by the absolute difference in total GDP, not by neighboring borders, household income, industry similarity or policy. Use the separate rankings to compare other dimensions.

Sources, downloads and geographic coverage

BEA state accounts: SAGDP1, SAINC1 and SARPP. BLS unemployment code: LASST400000000000003; payroll code: SMS40000000000000001. Geography: Oklahoma, state FIPS 40; BEA area code 40000. Industry output uses the 2017 NAICS classification in SAGDP2. Original codes are text and must retain leading zeroes.

Source-file dates: GDP/income September 30, 2026; prices February 19, 2026; state labor September 18, 2026. Snapshot: regional-2026-09-30-reviewed. Estimates are revisable. This archive preserves the acquired figures and does not reproduce earlier published vintages. County or metro values are not inferred from this state profile.

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