Canadian County is home to 26 aerospace establishments that serve a diverse mix of market segments including training, parts manufacturing, and general aviation services. Most workers in the remaining counties provide air transportation and maintenance services in support of local general aviation. Aerospace workers continue to comprise an important share of total wage and salary employment across the 10-County region. The more than 45,500 wage and salary workers in aerospace accounted for an estimated 6.1% share of all wage and salary employment in the Greater Oklahoma City region in 2025. The employment share is greatest at 8.8% in Oklahoma County but falls below 2% of total employment in the remaining counties. The aerospace workforce shares in Payne (1.5%), Lincoln (1.1%), and Logan (1.0%) counties range from 1% to 2% of total county wage and salary employment. Aerospace workers comprise less than 1% of total county wage and salary employment in the remaining six counties. III. OKC Region Aerospace Employers & Workforce Largest Aerospace Employers. Figure 6 highlights the 25 largest aerospace-related employers in the Greater OKC region. Each of these employers has approximately 100 or more workers in the region. Three very large aerospace employers – Tinker AFB, the FAA Center, and Boeing – employ a combined 80% of all aerospace workers in the 10-county region. Five employers – Tinker AFB, the FAA Center, Boeing, Oklahoma Air Guard, and Northrup Grumman – have 1,000 or more workers and account for a combined 84% of total aerospace employment in the region. Six additional firms – Pratt & Whitney, CACI, AAR, Southwest Airlines Reservation, Field Aerospace, and Long Wave – employ between 250 and 500 workers. Three more firms – FDH Aero, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Serco – employ between 200 and 250 workers. All other aerospace firms have an average of about 15 employees. More than half (195 of 338) of aerospace firms in the region have five or fewer employees.
Greater OKC Region Aerospace and Aviation - 2025
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