Lawton Jobs

Lawton is a city in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. It is the principal city of the Lawton, Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the county seat of Comanche County . Lawton, founded in 1901, is in southwest Oklahoma, near the Wichita Mountains. Lawton is the cultural and commercial center of the area. Lawton is home to large granite deposits as well as cotton fields. Fort Sill, Fort Sill Indian School, and Medicine Park are all nearby.

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Among the most common occupations in Lawton are Management, professional, and related occupations, 26%. Service occupations, 26%. and Sales and office occupations, 20%. Approximately 61 percent of workers in Lawton, Oklahoma work for companies, 24 percent work for the government and 6 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Lawton Jobs are for store assoc jobs, food svc wkr jobs, physical therapist jobs, full-time pharmacist jobs, project manager jobs and pharmacy manager jobs.

The leading industries in Lawton, Oklahoma are Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 23%; Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services, 15%; and Public administration, 11%. Simply Hired's Lawton job listings indicate that the following industries in Lawton are hiring the most workers: Catering Services, Food Service Contractors, Blood & Organ Banks, General Merchandise Stores and Tire Mfg.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Lawton, Oklahoma is $26,728, and the median income of households in Lawton was $36,952.

Lawton has an unemployment rate of 8.6%, compared the national average of 6.9%.

According to our Lawton Trends data, the number of Lawton, Oklahoma jobs has increased by 2% since March 2008.

Population of Lawton Total population 79,486 Male 49.11% Female 50.89% Median age 31.9     Lawton Housing Owner-occupied homes 52.3% Median cost of a home $80,900 Median mortgage payment $552 Renter-occupied homes 47.7% Vacant housing 12.1% Median monthly rent $563     Average Income Median for all workers $20,707 Median for all male full-time $34,871 Median for all female full-time $18,585     Household Income Less than $10,000 13% $10,000 to $14,999 9% $15,000 to $24,999 11% $25,000 to $34,999 13% $35,000 to $49,999 21% $50,000 to $74,999 18% $75,000 to $99,999 9% $100,000 to $149,999 5% $150,000 to $199,999 0% $200,000 or more 0%

Education Less than 9th grade 4% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 12% High school graduate 36% Some college, no degree 24% Associate's degree 6% Bachelor's degree 12% Graduate degree 5%     Marital Status Never married 22% Currently married 54% Separated 4% Widowed 5% Divorced 15%     Race White 64% Black or African American 24% Asian 3% Other 10%     Lawton Commute Carpool 13.6% Public transportation 2.5% Average travel time 15 minutes

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