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Occupational Therapists hiring difficulty in Oklahoma City, OK

Occupational Therapists in Oklahoma City, OK lands at 8.9 out of 10, in the hard band of the public market difficulty score. This occupation is a smaller share of jobs in Oklahoma City than it is nationwide. The location quotient is 0.75 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). In Oklahoma, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 5.3%, above the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 44.6 days, longer than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). The metro median of $103,080 a year is within 3 percent of both the Oklahoma median of $104,300 and the U.S. median of $100,330 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). OEWS counts 530 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). Healthcare workplaces in the metro (all provider types): the extract holds 1,234 organization records with a practice ZIP in this metro (retrieved September 28, 2026). That count is the same for every role in Oklahoma City. This set of 80 metros places Oklahoma City at rank 45 for healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations.