Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Akron, OH MSA · October 2026
Every advertised-pay, job-posting and industry figure in this briefing comes from WageScape's own database of active job postings. The sources below back the external facts cited in the written analysis.
Sources cited in this report
Key Indicators
Ohio added just 2,100 jobs in August vs. 127,000 nationally in private sector
Policy Matters Ohio / BLS — State vs. national job growth comparison, August 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Charter Communications Akron facility closure affecting 259 workers
WARNfirehouse.com — WARN Act notice filing for Akron-area closure
Local Economic Conditions
Akron MSA unemployment rate and monthly job-change trend for 2026
USA Facts / Bureau of Labor Statistics — Akron MSA monthly employment and unemployment data
Ohio statewide labor force contraction of 95,000 year over year
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services — State labor force and unemployment figures, August 2026
Looking Ahead
Ohio WARN notice activity concentrated in manufacturing sector
LayoffIQ — Ohio WARN notice tracking, trailing 90 days
National wage growth of 3.0% trailing inflation of 3.4%
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National average hourly earnings and CPI, September 2026
How the numbers are calculated
- Advertised pay is the median of the pay ranges employers publish in active job postings in this metro. It is not survey or payroll data.
- Percent changes compare the latest six full months with the six months before that, for the same metro and sector.
- Sectors group postings by the employer's industry (NAICS) classification into ten sectors. Where a metro has too few postings in a sector, the state figure is used instead.
- Role pay trends use the same comparison windows. "Stable" means a change of less than 3%; "moderate" 3–10%; "significant" more than 10%.
Official data for comparison