Oklahoma’s Anti-Discrimination Act and the Burk common-law tort together establish the state’s employment-litigation framework. The state’s oil-and-gas concentration shapes a substantial share of damages modeling complexity.
Energy-sector compensation
Oklahoma City and Tulsa-area energy plaintiffs face compensation with commodity-linked bonuses, drilling-program completion incentives, and phantom-stock or performance-unit plans tied to reserve metrics. The model treats each component as a distinct line item.
Aerospace clearance premiums
Tinker Air Force Base-area aerospace plaintiffs face federal-contractor compensation with security-clearance premiums and program-specific adjustments. The model captures these as distinct compensation layers rather than a blended rate.
Worklife & discount-rate notes
Oklahoma's oil-and-gas, aerospace, and healthcare sectors drive the sectoral compensation profile. Oklahoma City and Tulsa-based energy plaintiffs face compensation with commodity-linked bonuses, drilling-completion incentives, and phantom-stock components; aerospace plaintiffs at Tinker and related operations face security-cleared compensation premiums; healthcare plaintiffs face regional-system structures.
