Greater OKC Region Aerospace Industry – 2025
II. OKC Region Aerospace Industry Profile The 2025 Greater OKC region aerospace report provides a profile of firms in the region that are directly and substantially engaged in the provision of aerospace-related goods and services. In developing the profile, firms are identified, and key economic characteristics of each firm are collected or estimated, including output (or revenue), employment, and labor income 1 paid to workers. Proprietary and public databases are used in compiling the information along with direct contact with firms and consultation with industry professionals. As in prior years, the compiled database of aerospace firms is then used to prepare an economic profile of the industry as well as estimates of the economic contribution of the industry to the Greater OKC area economy. The process is largely unchanged from the 2015 and 2020 reports, making the results comparable across years. The research process used in developing the industry profile is detailed in Appendix 1. Industry Economic Profile (2025) Figure 2 summarizes the structure of the 10-county Greater Oklahoma City region aerospace sector in 2025 2 using eight major groupings. Both public and private sector employers are included in the profile. In the government grouping, two major federal government installations in the region are listed individually – Tinker Air Force Base (AFB) and the FAA’s Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (MMAC) – to reflect both their size and influence. For 2025, the region’s aerospace sector is comprised of 338 establishments employing over 45,500 workers and generating $8.8 billion in total output. Labor income from the sector reached $4.0 billion in 2025, an average of nearly $86,950 per worker. The size and breadth of the aerospace sector underlies its continued role as a major driver of the Greater OKC region economy.
Figure 2. Greater OKC Region Aerospace Industry by Major Sector (2025)
Labor Income ($Mil)
Establish- ments
Employ- ment
Output ($Mil)
Major Sector Government
8 1 1 6
33,568 26,960
$4,947.7 3,605.0 1,218.0
$2,623.7 1,980.2
Tinker Air Force Base (military, federal civilian, and contractors)
FAA - Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center All Other Government (federal, state, and local)
5,102 1,506 4,920 3,580 1,958
569.2
124.8
74.3
Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO)
47 52
2,117.1
656.3 367.9 148.6
Engineering, Consulting, Program Management, and Logistics Air Transportation (Airports, aircraft sales, and air travel)
770.9 514.9 173.5 156.1
124
Manufacturing
14 30 37 26
673 537 228
61.3 49.9 17.4
Supplies and Materials Education and Training
26.8
Other (spraying, aerial services, and other)
75
9.5
5.5
Total $3,959.0 Source: Data Axle, Salesforce, D&B Hoovers, federal and state government reports, Tinker AFB internal reports, FAA internal reports, direct verification of data, and RegionTrack estimates 338 45,539 $8,773.0
1 Estimates of labor income includes employee compensation but not proprietor income earned from self-employment. Our expectation is that proprietor income constitutes less than 10% of total labor income earned across the various aerospace sectors. This provides a conservative margin for estimates of total labor income produced by the industry. 2 The estimates largely reflect activity in place during the second half of 2024 and first half of 2025. Commercial datasets used to identify firms reflect a snapshot of the data in February 2025, with most data verifications occurring in the prior 12 months.
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