Tell us about the business. Get the plan.
Six questions. The engine tests your project against every wage floor, headcount minimum, investment threshold and sales test in Oklahoma statute — then returns what you qualify for, where you should go, what it is worth, and the order to do it in.
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Before you rely on any figure Rules and rates are sourced; the money is modelled
The programme rules, statutes, county wage thresholds and tax rates in this atlas are real and sourced from state publications. The financial figures are indicative modelling at statutory maximum rates — the actual rate is set by a net-benefit determination from the administering agency and is frequently lower. Not legal or tax advice.
Fifty states and the District, on one set of numbers
Every jurisdiction from the same sources — Tax Foundation rates, EIA industrial power, CFIUS installations, BIA tribal entities, right-to-work and foreign-land law. Shade by the measure that decides your project, then select a state to open its atlas.
| State | Coverage | Corp. tax | Top indiv. | Sales (combined) | Industrial ¢/kWh | RTW | Foreign land | CFIUS sites | Tribes |
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Everything it takes to stand up a business in Oklahoma.
Four ways in, every incentive with the statute behind it, and — the part that costs people money — the rules about which programmes cancel each other out.
- The ad valorem exemption must be re-applied for every year by 15 March. It does not roll forward. Five years of exemption means five applications.
- Quality Jobs and the Investment/New Jobs Credit are alternatives, not a pair — unless capital investment exceeds $40 million, which triggers a separate combined programme. BEIP and OIEP bar both outright.
- Every deed recorded in Oklahoma now needs an Affidavit of Land Ownership — not only those involving foreign parties.
Enterprise Zone designation doubles the Investment/New Jobs Tax Credit — to 2% of qualifying depreciable investment, or $1,000 per employee, for five years.
For a capital-heavy plant with modest headcount that can outweigh a payroll rebate outright — provided there is Oklahoma income tax liability to absorb a credit.
The state, by the numbers that decide a site
Every county shaded by the measure you choose. Select a county for its full profile — wage thresholds, sales tax, tribal jurisdiction, trade-zone coverage and every municipality within it.
Flags and insignia
Oklahoma's state flags, drawn as original vector art — including the 1911 original, the only one to carry the statehood number. Plus the position on tribal and municipal emblems, which is a permissions question before it is a design one.
Which door are you coming through?
The sequence, the agency, the fee and the trap at each step. Pick the pathway that matches your situation — the differences between them are real and expensive.
Model a project
Enter the project once. The engine tests it against every wage, headcount, investment and sales threshold in the statute, then enumerates the lawful combinations and ranks them by net present value — because most of these programs cannot be held together.
Can you staff it, and what does labour cost?
Every employer covered by unemployment insurance, counted rather than surveyed — how many establishments operate here, how many people they employ, and what those people are paid. This is the factor state recruitment packs lead with, ahead of incentives.
| County | Employment | Establishments | Average annual pay | Against the state |
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Private employers by industry sector, ranked by employment. A sector that already employs at scale is a labour pool you can hire from and a competitor you will bid against.
Site selection
The Levenhall recommended structure for foreign advanced-manufacturing, industrial-equipment and dual-use companies — and the seven Oklahoma locations that should be in the competitive process.
Five Oklahoma military installations appear in the list at Appendix A to 31 CFR Part 802. The distinction that matters is which part they sit in. Part 1 installations attach only a one-mile close-proximity radius. Part 2 installations attach that plus an extended range running a further 99 miles — which pulls most of central Oklahoma into CFIUS jurisdiction for foreign-person real estate transactions.
Why Oklahoma, not Texas
The rest of this atlas answers where in Oklahoma. This answers whether Oklahoma at all — against the four states a project of this kind is realistically also considering.
The incentive catalogue
State, federal, local and tribal programs available to businesses locating or expanding in Oklahoma. Select any card for the statute, the eligibility tests, the deadlines and the exclusions.
Can these be combined?
Oklahoma's headline programs are frequently mutually exclusive, and the exclusions are statutory rather than discretionary. Tick everything you are considering; conflicts surface immediately.
All 77 counties
For each county: the 2026 Quality Jobs wage thresholds you must actually meet, the regional Council of Governments that administers rural grant programs, tribal jurisdiction and reservation overlay, and foreign trade zone coverage.
| County | Seat | Population | Quality Jobs wage floor | 21st Century requirement | COG | Nations |
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All 597 cities and towns
Every incorporated municipality in Oklahoma. Population matters directly: the Small Employer Quality Jobs Program scales its minimum job requirement to community size, and the film rebate pays an uplift for small municipalities.
| Municipality | Type | County | Population | Combined sales tax | Small Employer QJ minimum jobs |
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The 38 tribal nations headquartered in Oklahoma
Oklahoma has the third-largest number of federally recognised tribes of any state, behind only Alaska and California. Each is a separate sovereign with its own laws, courts, taxing authority, procurement rules and employment-rights ordinance.
Compliance calendar and headline tax rates
The recurring obligations that carry real consequences when missed — particularly the annual ad valorem exemption re-application, which does not roll forward, and the foreign corporation registered agent fee, which goes to the Tax Commission rather than the Secretary of State.
Who to call
The agencies and organisations that actually administer the programs in this atlas.
