# Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

Government · [Talent and hiring](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/talent)

Also called: OESC, Oklahoma Employment Security, O.E.S.C., Oklahoma unemployment office, OK Employment Security Commission

The Oklahoma state agency for unemployment insurance and employment services. Employers use it to pay unemployment tax, report new hires and find business services, and it publishes Oklahoma labor market statistics. It manages the [Oklahoma Works](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-works) website and [leads](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/lead-generation) the [Oklahoma Talent Accelerator](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/talent-accelerator-grant).

**For example:** A [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) hiring a first [employee](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/contractor-vs-employee) in Oklahoma registers with the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission to pay state unemployment tax.

Official site: <https://oklahoma.gov/oesc.html>

## Connects to (7)

- [Oklahoma Works](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-works): Oklahoma's statewide workforce partnership of several agencies, with offices that connect job seekers and employers.
- [Oklahoma Talent Accelerator](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/talent-accelerator-grant): An Oklahoma workforce program, led by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and funded by a US Department of Labor grant, that helps…
- [Workforce development](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/workforce-development): Training and support that help people gain the skills employers need, often paid for in part by government or philanthropy.
- [Contractor vs employee](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/contractor-vs-employee): A contractor is an outside person or firm you pay for a defined piece of work, and they decide how to do it.
- [Talent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/talent): The skilled people a company can hire or work with, such as software engineers and designers.
- [Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wioa): A US federal law, signed in 2014, that funds the public workforce system: job search help, education, training and support services for…
- [Payroll](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/payroll): Paying employees on a schedule, and the work that goes with it: withholding income and payroll taxes from each paycheck, paying the…

## Sources

- <https://oklahoma.gov/oesc.html>
- <https://oklahoma.gov/workforce.html>
- <https://oklahoma.gov/oesc/about/newsroom/2026/february/oklahoma-launches-new-talent-accelerator-to-strengthen-workforce.html>


Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oesc