Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Albuquerque, NM 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
Bernalillo County average weekly wages up 3.0% year-over-year to $1,254
Bureau of Labor Statistics — County Employment and Wages report, Q3 2025 data
This Month's Takeaways
New Mexico statewide average weekly wage up 8.1% year-over-year in July 2026
USAFacts / Bureau of Labor Statistics — State wage trend data
Local Economic Conditions
Albuquerque metro unemployment at 5.5% in July 2026
The Hire Firm — September 2026 metro labor market publication
Metro nonfarm employment contracted 5,300 jobs (1.3%) year-over-year through March 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Metro area employment and wages data
Looking Ahead
New Mexico WARN notices affected 706 employees year-to-date, including Intel Rio Rancho (227)
LayoffIQ — WARN Act notice tracking, 2026 year-to-date
National average hourly earnings grew 3.0% annually against 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National wage and CPI comparison, 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