By Chad Wilkerson and Megan Williams
Economic growth in Oklahoma continued to outperform the nation in late 2011. Oklahoma payroll employment was up from a year ago, and the state continues to move closer to pre-recession employment levels.

Manufacturing posted the highest growth in actual Oklahoma jobs in December, while energy was a close second. Other industries also recorded solid job growth, particularly construction and professional services.

By Chad Wilkerson and Megan Williams
Economic activity in Oklahoma is recovering from the recent recession, though at a somewhat moderate pace. Strong energy and services activity is being offset to some degree by cutbacks in state and local government and continued sluggishness in housing, but business firms are increasingly planning to expand.

By Chad Wilkerson and Megan Williams
Economic activity in Oklahoma continues to recover and outperform the nation in most areas. Employment growth in Oklahoma increased slightly in April and recorded the quickest pace of growth since the recent recession began. Oklahoma's energy industry continued its robust expansion, with the total state rig count up from this time last year.

By Chad Wilkerson and Megan Williams
Economic activity in Oklahoma continues to grow solidly and outperform the nation in most areas. Employment in Oklahoma increased further in July, and recorded the quickest rate of growth since the recent recession began. Payroll employment was up and energy and manufacturing led all Oklahoma industries in job growth.

By Chad Wilkerson and Megan Williams
Economic activity in Oklahoma continued its strong pace of growth in fall 2011, outperforming the nation in most areas. The strong recent job growth numbers pushed state employment nearly back to pre-recession levels. Energy, manufacturing and construction continued to lead all Oklahoma industries in job growth, while and state and local government job growth through the past year was positive for the first time since early 2010.