State overview · OK · Census CBP 2023
Oklahoma Industry Benchmarks
Employment, establishments, and payroll for 755 industries in Oklahoma. Drill into any industry for a Oklahoma-specific view, then cross-reference the national page for margins.
- 1.4M
- Workers
- 93K
- Establishments
- 755
- Industries tracked
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · Oklahoma
Oklahoma employs 1,358,788 workers across 755 tracked industries, led by General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (69,765 workers) among the 323 detailed industries with published employment.
No single sector dominates Oklahoma (lead 17%; top-three 43%). Margins stay on national industry pages.
Oklahoma sector employment mix
Share of private-sector employment by NAICS-2 sector (Census CBP 2023). Tile area = workers.
Oklahoma spreads employment across sectors: the largest, Health Care and Social Assistance, is only 17% of 1,358,788 private-sector workers (about the 41st percentile of states by employment). No single NAICS-2 block dominates the private labor market here.
Not ranked: 3 of 20 sectors have no published employment figure. Census County Business Patterns applies 2% or more noise to those cells, and PlainBizBench publishes only low-noise figures rather than estimating. Total employment, shares and the mix on this page sum only the sectors with a published figure. How we handle withheld data.
| Sector | Workers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance (62) | 229,612 | 17% |
| Retail Trade (44) | 188,566 | 14% |
| Accommodation and Food Services (72) | 169,725 | 12% |
| Top-three cumulative 43% - no single NAICS-2 block dominates. | ||
Profit margins are national (IRS SOI); open any industry row below, then the matching national industry page for profitability.
Census CBP firm roll
County Business Patterns OK DISTRIBUTED · CBP
#30/51 · 1,358,788 workers · 92,981 firms
- EMP 1,358,788
- EST 92,981
- RANK #30/51
- PCT 41st pct
- LEAD Health Care and Soci…
- SHARE 17% lead
- BAND distributed
- DENS 14.6 /firm
- BOOK 755 NAICS
- PHOTO Iowa
Nearest employment-scale peer: Iowa (1,306,260 workers)
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Oklahoma ranks #30 of 51 states and territories by total private-sector employment (level-2 sector totals, the same non-double-counted aggregate shown above). Margins stay on national industry pages (IRS SOI). Read with this state → · Lead 6-digit industry →
OK in the employment-scale neighbourhood
Top Industries by Employment
Not ranked: 424 of 747 detailed industries have no published employment figure. Census County Business Patterns applies 2% or more noise to those cells, and PlainBizBench publishes only low-noise figures rather than estimating. All Other General Merchandise Stores (959), Crude Petroleum Extraction (636), Consumer Lending (604) and 36 more report more establishments than General Medical and Surgical Hospitals, so General Medical and Surgical Hospitals leads only among the 323 detailed industries with published employment. How we handle withheld data.
Breadth peers near Oklahoma's private employment
Nearest other states by Census CBP level-2 private employment (1,358,788 in Oklahoma), excluding OK.
Source: Census Bureau County Business Patterns (CBP) 2023 · OK
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