Best jobs in Oklahoma
The 25 best-scoring occupations in Oklahoma, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Oklahoma (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (local)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Oklahoma pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$553,790 vs $414,010 · +33.8%
$530,070 vs $358,550 · +47.8%
$133,390 vs $132,300 · +0.8%
$23,430 vs $31,200 · -24.9%
$59,290 vs $64,120 · -7.5%
$90,430 vs $105,770 · -14.5%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 709 scored occupations — show all 709show top 25
#
Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
130
$62,160
+0.3%
27
142
$54,990
+3.1%
26
156
$61,270
+3.7%
25
248
$72,480
+1.9%
19
315
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$41,020
+4.6%
17
318
$40,110
+6.3%
17
450
$49,700
+2.3%
13
526
$42,180
+2.0%
11
573
$45,680
-3.8%
10
589
$55,230
-19.6%
10
592
$40,930
-12.1%
10
607
$51,840
-13.7%
9
614
$38,820
+1.2%
9
617
$49,440
-4.3%
9
651
$43,680
-13.6%
8
655
$38,570
-12.0%
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Live jobs in Oklahoma
Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess.