2025 By the Numbers

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING In Greater Oklahoma City, there are more than 1,800 advanced manufacturing businesses that employ nearly 42,000 people. The region’s low tax rates and utility costs make it the ideal location for advanced manufacturing. Greater Oklahoma City is also situated in the middle of the I-35 Megalopolis, the fastest-growing region in the country. Not only is the region’s workforce large and growing, but it is also productive. Workers in the region are free to work in any company without paying union dues or fees, since

Oklahoma voters passed Right-to-Work in 2001. At the junction of three major interstates, I-35, I-40 and I-44, advanced manufacturers in Greater Oklahoma City can reach more than 178 million customers by truck the same day. Greater Oklahoma City is equidistant from both coasts and at the center of the I-35 NAFTA corridor. Learn more about advanced manufacturing in Oklahoma City at www.greateroklahomacity.com/ manufacturing .

Advanced Manufacturing Occupations

Jobs in Greater OKC Median Hourly Earnings

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing,

5,615 2,889 2,803

$28.37 $26.40 $18.56 $30.88 $29.47 $31.58 $19.53 $18.48 $27.06 $22.41 $23.28 $21.49 $23.49 $24.89 $17.40

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

Sheet Metal Workers

2,112

Industrial Machinery Mechanics

2,286 2,993

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers

988

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators

4,268 1,259 3,010 2,171

Machinists

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators

663

573

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

13,357 20,223

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

Source: BLS, Occupational Employment Statistics via Lightcast, 2025.2

Oklahoma City BY THE NUMBERS 2025

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