OKC Top Employers

[Pete]

Thought I'd start a new thread on this subject as a way of consolidating general information about the biggest employers in Central Oklahoma and the various trends around them.

The first chart is from the Chamber of Commerce but as I mentioned in the Chesapeake Business Practices thread, CHK is now reporting 5,000 OKC-based employees and added almost 1,000 just in 2011.

The second chart is for the GOLT program to provide incentives for companies to relocate to OKC or to expand their hiring. See the most recent detailed report here.

BTW, Cameron International is a manufacturing company, not anything to do with American Fidelity. And click the name for more information on UE Manufacturing.

[WilliamTell]

Wow, the vast majority of those jobs are run off government spending - federal governement jobs, organizations that collect student loan debt backed by the government (which now exceeds credit card debt) or medical industry (which in most cases is medicade/medicare or feeding off these current government workers BCBS accounts or retirees CSRS accounts) spending....maybe Oklahoma should keep on voting republican until this house of cards collapses.

So by the numbers posted here, the top 10 employers in OKC, 8 of them are ran off government spending which represents 106865 jobs and in the top ten only 2 companies which represent 7400 are ran in the private sector. Maybe we should keep on screaming at the top of our lungs that we need a smaller government.

[dcsooner]

Wow, the vast majority of those jobs are run off government spending - federal governement jobs, organizations that collect student loan debt backed by the government (which now exceeds credit card debt) or medical industry (which in most cases is medicade/medicare or feeding off these current government workers BCBS accounts or retirees CSRS accounts) spending....maybe Oklahoma should keep on voting republican until this house of cards collapses.

So by the numbers posted here, the top 10 employers in OKC, 8 of them are ran off government spending which represents 106865 jobs and in the top ten only 2 companies which represent 7400 are ran in the private sector. Maybe we should keep on screaming at the top of our lungs that we need a smaller government.

I did an earlier post that said Oklahoma City should because of its overall ultra negative big government stance, give back all those jobs and wait for the private sector to replace them. Good luck

[dankrutka]

maybe Oklahoma should keep on voting republican until this house of cards collapses.

Huh? The biggest myth out there is that Republicans reduce the size of government and Democrats increase it. Despite some talking points and anecdotal examples, there is not a lot to back this claim up.

[MDot]

Am I sensing another "turned political" thread brewing?

[Dubya61]

It's 60% of the posts! At least the bitter can meet here and high five.

[MDot]

it's 60% of the posts! At least the bitter can meet here and high five.

lol. ;-)

[ThomPaine]

I'm surprised no grocery chains made the list. They must have a lot of part time employees.

[Plutonic Panda]

Not the largest but this list has 802 jobs in the state related to NASA. Anyone know where that’s at? Tinker? Burns Flat?



- https://www.planetary.org/space-imag...-jobs-by-state

[chssooner]

Not the largest but this list has 802 jobs in the state related to NASA. Anyone know where that’s at? Tinker? Burns Flat?



- https://www.planetary.org/space-imag...-jobs-by-state

Tinker has some, I am VERY sure Mike Monroney has some, near the airport. And likely Burns Flat.

[BoulderSooner]

Huh? The biggest myth out there is that Republicans reduce the size of government and Democrats increase it. Despite some talking points and anecdotal examples, there is not a lot to back this claim up.

yep Bush increased the size of gov a ton in the 2000's

[BoulderSooner]

something to point out is that the 27,000 number at Tinker does not include the contractors that work on base.

[Pete]

Here is a list of the largest employers in the area published by the Chamber and updated in April.

They never list Walmart for some reason but I know they employ thousands in the area.

Note the only O&G companies are Chesapeake, Devon and Continental and they are pretty far down the list; Paycom is almost as big as all 3 combined.

Interesting that Amazon has now passed home-grown Hobby Lobby.


State of OklahomaGovernment 44,400
Tinker Air Force BaseMilitary 26,000
University of Oklahoma - NormanHigher Education 11,085
INTEGRIS Health *Health Care 11,000
AmazonTransportation 8,000
Hobby Lobby Stores Inc *Wholesale and Retail 6,500
Mercy Hospital *Health Care 5,540
FAA Mike Monroney Aeronautical CenterAerospace 5,140
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences CenterHigher Education 5,000
City of Oklahoma CityGovernment 4,800
SSM Health Care of Oklahoma, Inc. *Health Care 4,000
Paycom *Technology 3,800
The Boeing CompanyAerospace 3,600
OU Medical CenterHealth Care 3,400
Norman Regional HospitalHealth Care 3,000
Midfirst Bank *Finance 2,800
AT&TTelecommunications 2,700
Sonic Corp *Wholesale and Retail 2,460
OGE Energy Corp *Utility 2,300
Oklahoma City Community CollegeHigher Education 2,100
DellSales and Business Services 2,100
Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores *Wholesale and Retail 2,000
American Fidelity *Finance/Insurance 1,995
UPSTransportation 1,800
Hertz CorporationRental Services 1,700
BancFirst *Finance 1,700
Chesapeake Energy Corp *Oil and Gas 1,630
Devon Energy Corp *Oil and Gas 1,600
University of Central OklahomaHigher Education 1,380
Great Plains Coca-Cola Bottling CompanyBeverage Distribution 1,300
Johnson ControlsManufacturing 1,200
The Climate Control GroupManufacturing 1,200
Farmers Insurance GroupCustomer Service 1,160
Bank of OklahomaFinance 1,100
Costco Member Service CenterCustomer Service 1,100
Continental Resources *Oil and Gas 1,080
Dolese Bros. Co. *Manufacturing 1,060
Rose State CollegeHigher Education 1,000
Cox CommunicationsTelecommunications 1,000
INTEGRIS-Deaconess Hospital *Health Care 1,000

[Plutonic Panda]

It’s amazing how many of those are new just within the last decade.

[corwin1968]

I would have thought OKCPS would be on that list.

[Pete]

I would have thought OKCPS would be on that list.

Teachers are included in State of Oklahoma numbers.

[Teo9969]

I would think that Mathis and HSRG would be on this list.

HSRG has like 50+ metro restaurants plus corporate headquarters. 20 EEs per restaurant (and that would be low for a lot of their concepts) would be 1,000 right there.

Mathis I know has 2,000+ EEs and I doubt way over 50% is out of market, especially due to Sleep Studio and the Distribution Center

[Teo9969]

Ah, maybe this is only single FEIN entities? If so, the Chamber needs to produce better reporting because that would be a horrendous methodology for this data.

[corwin1968]

Teachers are included in State of Oklahoma numbers.

I didn't know that!

Thanks!

[Jersey Boss]

I would think that Mathis and HSRG would be on this list.

HSRG has like 50+ metro restaurants plus corporate headquarters. 20 EEs per restaurant (and that would be low for a lot of their concepts) would be 1,000 right there.

Mathis I know has 2,000+ EEs and I doubt way over 50% is out of market, especially due to Sleep Studio and the Distribution Center

In addition to your numbers the exclusion of WalMart makes the entire list suspect

[TheTravellers]

And does the 1100 for BOKF include all the employees in all the other states besides OK?

[Pete]

And does the 1100 for BOKF include all the employees in all the other states besides OK?

It's employees in the OKC area.

[TheTravellers]

It's employees in the OKC area.

Oh yeah, title of the thread, duh, sorry...

[Jersey Boss]

No numbers for USPS either.

[Edmond Hausfrau]

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