Best Cities for Jobs

Oklahoma City ranked 19th in Forbes.com's Best Cities for Jobs list. Forbes used five equally weighted data points to rank cities: the state's unemployment rate, job growth, income growth, median household income and cost of living.
(January 10, 2008)

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Labor Force Quality



EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT (HIGHEST LEVEL)

Region

Not High School Graduate

High School Graduate

Some College

Bachelors Degree

Graduate Degree

Percent High School Graduate

Greater OKC

129,191

650,953

199,806

187,939

65,623

83.4%

Source: Bureau of the Census, 2000.



LABOR FORCE - OCCUPATIONAL DISTRIBUTION

Region

Managerial & Professional Number

Managerial & Professional Share

Service & Sales Number

Service & Sales Share

Construction & Maintenance Number

Construction & Maintenance Share

Production & Transportation Number

Production & Transportation Share

Greater OKC

188,949

32.2%

255,216

43.5%

62,632

10.7%

78,161

13.3%

Source: Bureau of the Census, 2000.



LABOR FORCE - INDUSTRY DISTRIBUTION

Region

Ag & Construction

Manufacturing

T.C.P.U.

Trade

Information

Personal Services

Business Services

Public Admin.

Greater OKC

9.1%

10.5%

4.5%

15.6%

2.8%

34.5%

15.2%

7.8%

Source: Bureau of the Census, 2000.



PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES

Region

Manufacturing Value Added Per Employee

Manufacturing Unionization

Right-To-Work State

Greater OKC

$132,893

11.1%

Yes

Source: Census of Manufacturing, 2002; Bureau of National Affairs, Union Membership and Earnings Book, 2006.