How many sign shops are in the Tulsa area?

Name: Sign shops in the Tulsa, OK metro area, 2024
Creator: Sign Trade Data
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22 sign shops

in the Tulsa, OK metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 5% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally. The area holds 23.4% of Oklahoma's sign shops.

Shops vs 2023+10%2 more shops than 2023

Concentration1.05×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Tulsa area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
59	Greensboro areaNC	22	390	$57,832	1.56×
59	Memphis areaTN-MS-AR	22	168	$45,112	1.08×
59	Rochester areaNY	22	—	—	1.28×
59	Tulsa areaOK	22	—	—	1.05×
68	Toledo areaOH	21	—	—	2.15×
68	Tucson areaAZ	21	256	$48,159	1.41×
70	Albuquerque areaNM	20	—	—	1.13×

All 383 metro areas are ranked on the metro list. For Oklahoma as a whole, with 2025 figures and the trend since 2014, see the Oklahoma page.

Other metro areas in Oklahoma

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
Oklahoma City area	39	—	—	1.27×
Lawton area	3	—	—	1.68×
Enid area	2	—	—	1.81×
Fort Smith area	1	—	—	0.27×

Sign permits in Tulsa

Every city in the area permits signs under its own code. For Tulsa, PrinterFlo's summary of the Tulsa sign code covers which signs need a permit, the size and height limits, and what the city checks before a sign goes up.

Questions

How many sign shops are in the Tulsa area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 22 sign manufacturing establishments in the Tulsa, OK metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 59 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Tulsa area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Tulsa area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, Oklahoma's sign shops paid an average of $52,717 that year.

Does the Tulsa area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 5% larger share of the Tulsa area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.05, where 1.00 is the national share).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), annual averages, private ownership, NAICS 339950 Sign Manufacturing, Tulsa, OK metropolitan statistical area, 2024 and 2023 annual averages, read September 24, 2026. 2024 is the latest year the BLS has published for metro areas. Concentration is the BLS location quotient for establishments. Ranks computed from the 383 metro areas with a published count; tied areas share a rank.