Fastest Growing Jobs in Oklahoma

National growth leaders filtered through Oklahoma's actual employment footprint – BLS 2024–2034

Where Oklahoma already employs the growth list

Ranked by published Oklahoma employment (not by national growth %). Sibling state pages diverge here because the occupation title set and order change with the OEWS footprint.

  1. 1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides · Healthcare Support Occupations 20,310 jobs · +17%
  2. 2. Cooks, Restaurant · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 17,050 jobs · +14.9%
  3. 3. Medical Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 10,510 jobs · +12.5%
  4. 4. Software Developers · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 6,880 jobs · +15.8%
  5. 5. Financial Managers · Management Occupations 6,670 jobs · +14.8%
  6. 6. Industrial Machinery Mechanics · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations 6,250 jobs · +16.1%
  7. 7. Medical and Health Services Managers · Management Occupations 6,030 jobs · +23.2%
  8. 8. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors · Community and Social Service Occupations 5,150 jobs · +16.8%
  9. 9. Logisticians · Business and Financial Operations Occupations 3,830 jobs · +16.7%
  10. 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers · Management Occupations 3,790 jobs · +15.2%
  11. 11. Nurse Practitioners · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 3,620 jobs · +40.1%
  12. 12. Animal Caretakers · Personal Care and Service Occupations 3,170 jobs · +12.1%
  13. 13. Physical Therapist Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 2,380 jobs · +22%
  14. 14. Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors · Personal Care and Service Occupations 2,300 jobs · +11.9%
  15. 15. Respiratory Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 2,000 jobs · +12.1%
  16. 16. Data Scientists · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 1,900 jobs · +33.5%
  17. 17. Speech-Language Pathologists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 1,870 jobs · +15%
  18. 18. Operations Research Analysts · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 1,840 jobs · +21.5%
  19. 19. Physician Assistants · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 1,770 jobs · +20.4%
  20. 20. Occupational Health and Safety Specialists · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations 1,690 jobs · +12.5%

Largest Oklahoma footprint

Home Health and Personal Care Aides

20,310 jobs in-state

That role's growth

+17%

national projection 2024-2034

OEWS coverage

46/50

Oklahoma employment published

National #1 growth

Wind Turbine Service Technicians

+49.9% · different from state footprint lead

Growth % and openings are national BLS projections. The employment and wage columns are Oklahoma OEWS estimates where published.

In Oklahoma, the national percentage leader Wind Turbine Service Technicians (+49.9%) currently accounts for 340 OEWS jobs while the largest in-state footprint among this growth list is Home Health and Personal Care Aides (20,310 jobs , +17% projected). Next by in-state count: Cooks, Restaurant (17,050) and Medical Assistants (10,510).

That mismatch is the useful Oklahoma read: percentage growth ranks a national change rate, not how many workers the state already employs in the role. Of the 50 national growth rows, 46 publish Oklahoma employment; 26 of those covered rows are projected at +15% or more (all-occupations baseline 3.1%). Among the ten largest OEWS rows on this list, 36% of summed employment sits in Healthcare Support Occupations (2 occupations).

Annual openings (growth plus replacements) still live on each occupation profile. A high percentage on a tiny base can add fewer Oklahoma seats than a mid-single-digit gain on a large OEWS count. Education and credential columns on the profile set the entry clock; several fast-growth rows need multi-year training before the projection window helps a new entrant.

Oklahoma footprint order on the national growth list

Rows with published Oklahoma employment are sorted by in-state jobs. Occupations without a state OEWS row stay at the bottom in national growth order.

# Occupation Growth %
1 Home Health and Personal Care Aides +17%
2 Cooks, Restaurant +14.9%
3 Medical Assistants +12.5%
4 Software Developers +15.8%
5 Financial Managers +14.8%
6 Industrial Machinery Mechanics +16.1%
7 Medical and Health Services Managers +23.2%
8 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors +16.8%
9 Logisticians +16.7%
10 Computer and Information Systems Managers +15.2%
11 Nurse Practitioners +40.1%
12 Animal Caretakers +12.1%
13 Physical Therapist Assistants +22%
14 Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors +11.9%
15 Respiratory Therapists +12.1%
16 Data Scientists +33.5%
17 Speech-Language Pathologists +15%
18 Operations Research Analysts +21.5%
19 Physician Assistants +20.4%
20 Occupational Health and Safety Specialists +12.5%
21 Information Security Analysts +28.5%
22 Computer Network Architects +11.9%
23 Occupational Therapists +13.8%
24 Diagnostic Medical Sonographers +13%
25 Occupational Therapy Assistants +19.2%
26 Ophthalmic Medical Technicians +19.8%
27 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary +17.3%
28 Clinical and Counseling Psychologists +11.2%
29 Medical Equipment Repairers +12.9%
30 Psychiatric Technicians +20%
31 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary +16.8%
32 Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars +14.7%
33 Mechanical Door Repairers +11.4%
34 Community Health Workers +11.3%
35 Computer and Information Research Scientists +19.7%
36 Massage Therapists +15.4%
37 Financial Examiners +18.5%
38 Wind Turbine Service Technicians +49.9%
39 Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers +12.8%
40 Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists +14.6%
41 Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians +11.5%
42 Epidemiologists +16.2%
43 Forensic Science Technicians +12.8%
44 Hearing Aid Specialists +18.4%
45 Orthotists and Prosthetists +13.3%
46 Actuaries +21.8%
47 Solar Photovoltaic Installers +42.1%
48 Marriage and Family Therapists +12.6%
49 Counselors, All Other +12.6%
50 Therapists, All Other +11.5%

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About This Data

Employment projections come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections program, covering 2024 to 2034. Growth rates represent the projected percentage change in national employment over the 10-year period.

State employment and salary data comes from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. Some occupations may not have state-level data for Oklahoma if employment is too small to report.

Last updated: May 2025. Source: BLS Employment Projections program, 2024–2034 and BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

State employment totals for Oklahoma from BLS OEWS State and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, May 2025.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. State employment and wage rows use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and openings use national BLS Employment Projections for 2024–2034. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.