Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Tulsa, OK MSA · October 2026
Every advertised-pay, job-posting and industry figure in this briefing comes from WageScape's own database of active job postings. The sources below back the external facts cited in the written analysis.
Sources cited in this report
Key Indicators
Tulsa MSA unemployment rate reached 4.6% in July 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local area unemployment statistics, Tulsa MSA, preliminary July 2026
Oklahoma statewide average weekly wages rose 3.6% to $1,235
Oklahoma Economic Indicators — County and state wage growth comparison, 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Tulsa information sector employment contracted 10.6% over 12 months
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Industry-level employment data, Tulsa MSA
Local Economic Conditions
Tulsa County average weekly wages rose 1.2% year-over-year
Bureau of Labor Statistics / Oklahoma Economic Indicators — Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, county-level data
Oklahoma statewide unemployment rate at 4.3% in July/August 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics / FRED — State unemployment trend data, 2026
Looking Ahead
Oklahoma average WTI crude price at $83.90 with rig count of 51
Oklahoma Energy Today — State energy sector activity tracking, August 2026
How the numbers are calculated
- Advertised pay is the median of the pay ranges employers publish in active job postings in this metro. It is not survey or payroll data.
- Percent changes compare the latest six full months with the six months before that, for the same metro and sector.
- Sectors group postings by the employer's industry (NAICS) classification into ten sectors. Where a metro has too few postings in a sector, the state figure is used instead.
- Role pay trends use the same comparison windows. "Stable" means a change of less than 3%; "moderate" 3–10%; "significant" more than 10%.
Official data for comparison