In Oklahoma County, jobs in the oil and gas extraction pay the highest wages

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Employment in the oil and gas extraction industry wages were the highest in Oklahoma County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Oklahoma County earned an annual wage of $177,947 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry wage in Oklahoma of $109,767 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $127,077.

Top-pay jobs in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma exsists in semiconductor and electronic component mfg. ($82,749), spectator sports ($72,535), management of companies and enterprises ($69,663) and resin, rubber, and artificial fibers mfg. ($68,209) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed Comparison

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Oklahoma County Wages have increased by 27.5% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma by a total of 27.5%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Oklahoma and greater than the growth in average wages for the US.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Oklahoma County Industry Wages Exceed Oklahoma, but Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The overall industry wages in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma when analyzed can be described as very high when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 7.4 percent higher than the with an state average of $32,677. The industry pay was less than the national industry average of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Oklahoma County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Oklahoma County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Support activities for mining industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 3,458 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 10.4 percent of the total employment growth in Oklahoma County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (3,458 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (2,605 new jobs)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (1,805 new jobs)
4. Home health care services (1,326 new jobs)
5. Oil and gas extraction (1,290 new jobs)

In Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 384 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Of the 206 4-digit NAICS industries, 102 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 104 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Oklahoma County

The Employment services industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 4,238 jobs. The declines in the Employment services industry make up 15.2 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (4,238 jobs lost)
2. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (1,744 jobs lost)
3. Wired telecommunications carriers (1,544 jobs lost)
4. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (1,543 jobs lost)
5. Nursing care facilities (1,052 jobs lost)

Oklahoma County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 86.6 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Oklahoma, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 37.8 percent. The losses in the Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing industry in Oklahoma County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 23.3 in percent of workers in the Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing (86.6 percent decline)
2. Direct selling establishments (86.4 percent decline)
3. Vending machine operators (70.8 percent decline)
4. Sound recording industries (70.2 percent decline)
5. Forging and stamping (69.7 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 0.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in Oklahoma, which experienced a gain of 0.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Oklahoma County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 309.3 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Oklahoma County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Oklahoma, where the industry felt a gain of 54 percent. The Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry in Oklahoma County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 1.8 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (309.3 percent gain)
2. Technical and trade schools (273.4 percent gain)
3. Dairy product manufacturing (249.2 percent gain)
4. Electronic instrument manufacturing (214.2 percent gain)
5. Support activities for mining (120.8 percent gain)





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Oklahoma County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Oklahoma County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Support activities for mining industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 2,066 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 14.6 percent of the total growth in Oklahoma County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (2,066 new jobs)
2. Oil and gas extraction (536 new jobs)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (437 new jobs)
4. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (411 new jobs)
5. Other general purpose machinery manufacturing (409 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Oklahoma County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Motor vehicle parts manufacturing industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 1,012 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Motor vehicle parts manufacturing industry make up 15.5 percent of the total job loss in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.

Top 5 Industries
1. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (1,012 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (596 jobs lost)
3. Nursing care facilities (467 jobs lost)
4. Employment services (385 jobs lost)
5. Electric goods merchant wholesalers (380 jobs lost)

In Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 8,371 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

From the 208 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 78 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 130 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Oklahoma County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 187.4 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Oklahoma County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Oklahoma, where the industry took a gain of 23.6 percent. The Unclassified industry in Oklahoma County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 12.1 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (187.4 percent gain)
2. Support activities for crop production (108.3 percent gain)
3. Religious organizations (73.0 percent gain)
4. Support activities for mining (48.5 percent gain)
5. Spectator sports (42.4 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 2.5 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than growth in the State of Oklahoma, which experienced a gain of 3.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Oklahoma County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 57.2 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Oklahoma, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 4.2 percent. The losses in the Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing industry in Oklahoma County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 0.7 in percent of jobs in the Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing (57.2 percent decline)
2. Travel arrangement and reservation services (48.8 percent decline)
3. Software publishers (46.6 percent decline)
4. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (35.4 percent decline)
5. Sound recording industries (34.6 percent decline)





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

The median household income in the area has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $37,270, representing a 9.2 percent decline. Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 2 of 9 counties in percent of decline for income levels in the State of Oklahoma. Oklahoma County ranks 273 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median income level for the United States.

The poverty rate in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma has increased by 2.7 percent since the amounts published in 2000, moving from 15.3 percent to 18 percent.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma can be understood to have a medium-high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 15.3 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 29 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Oklahoma County, having 25.2 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

While household income level experienced a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in household income was the Asian Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 10 percent since the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Oklahoma County, undergoing a 2.5 percent increase in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

Compared to counties across the United States, Oklahoma County accounted a medium-high median income for households of $41,024 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 4.7 percent higher than the median in Oklahoma of $39,078 and the median is 19.8 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Hispanic headed households in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $31,873, this median household income is 22.3 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Oklahoma County reported a median household income of $34,564, this median was 15.7 percent less than the median for all households. In Oklahoma County, Oklahoma White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $44,692 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 8.9 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $35,471. This household income level is 13.5 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 29.1 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $29,083.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 30.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Oklahoma have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 28 percent (Men) versus 23.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 31.6 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Since the year 2000, Oklahoma has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 3.2 percent to a total of 28.6 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is greater than the State of Oklahoma percent of 22.4 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.

In Oklahoma County, Oklahoma as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 28.2 percent of the White Alone, 14.8 percent of Black or African American, 34.6 percent of the Asian alone and 8.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Oklahoma County, Oklahoma is made up of a highly-educated 2000 population, with 25.4 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Oklahoma counted a higher percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Oklahoma's proportion of 20.2 percent and a higher percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 3.4 percent. In the year 2005, 31.4 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has increased by a total of 3.0 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 26.2 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Oklahoma County, Oklahoma has a population that is made of 64 percent White, 15.1 percent African American, 3.1 percent Asian, and 11.2 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 29.4 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is greater than the State of Oklahoma percent of 15.7. Since 2000, Oklahoma has increased the level of diversity when 26.5 percent of the people were minorities.

In terms of total land area, Oklahoma spans a total area of 709 total square miles. The area has a high average population density of 965 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Bristol, MA (983 per sq. mile ), Lake, IN (993 per sq. mile ), Kent, RI (1,008 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Lehigh, PA (953 per sq. mile ), Kenton, KY (949 per sq. mile ), Buena Vista city, VA (942 per sq. mile ).

Estimated since the year 2000, a high number of individual migrated to the Oklahoma from outside the country. The immigration into Oklahoma totals 37.2 percent of the total international migration into the State of Oklahoma. This percent of international migration is high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

Oklahoma County, Oklahoma had a population that was estimated at 684,543 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, since its 2000 population of 661,699. This growth denotes an increase of 3.5 percent. Oklahoma ranks 1 of 77 counties by growth in total population in Oklahoma and the county ranks 145 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma to be 34.9 years of age. The median in Oklahoma is less than the median age for the State of Oklahoma of 36.5. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 34.2 years old. With a total of 25.1 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Oklahoma can be understood as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high representation within the population, making up 62.7 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 12.2 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

In Oklahoma County, the real estate market was made up of 312,515 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 13,934 residential structures since 2001, a change of 4.7 percent.

The residential home values in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma have seen large increases since their reported values in 2000. The values have increased by $23,600, or 31.1 percent, from their 2000 value of $75,800.

There is a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. In 2005, 64.7 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.

Oklahoma County had a median home value in the year 2005 of $99,400, according to the American Community Survey. This median is greater than the overall Oklahoma 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $89,100 and less than median home value of $167,500 for the rest of the nation in that year.

Oklahoma County is made up of a medium proportion of high-valued homes. In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that 1.8 percent of the homes were valued over $500,000.

In the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma County places 7 of 77 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 916 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Oklahoma County, Oklahoma -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Oklahoma County. The industry lost a total of 8,419 jobs, or 23 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 49.4 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

In Oklahoma County, Mining, Real estate and rental and leasing and Administrative and waste services industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Mining industry has an LQ of 4.65. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Mining sector is 4.65 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Oklahoma County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Mining.

In Oklahoma County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Health care and social assistance is the major employer in the county making up 14.9 percent of the total county employment. This totals 49,876 individuals. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors provide 13.7 and 10.5 percent of industry employment.

Mining is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Oklahoma County, increasing in size by 42.6 percent. This is greater than the change of total jobs in the industry for the United States of 4.7 percent. The State of Oklahoma experienced a change in employment in the sector of 25.7 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

Utilities is the industry with the largest establishments in Oklahoma County. In the County, the industry averages 47 employees per business. This is greater than the US industry average of 34 and greater than the Oklahoma typical size of 22 for the Utilities industry.







Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).