Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 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
Jefferson County unemployment at 6.3%, 13th highest in Texas
USA Facts / Bureau of Labor Statistics — County-level unemployment data, August 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Metro added 400 jobs in August, reaching 171,700 total positions
Texas Workforce Commission — Monthly metro employment release cited via 12 News Now
Metro unemployment at 6.2%, fourth-highest among Texas metros
Texas Workforce Commission — Metro-level unemployment ranking, August 2026
Texas statewide job growth at 1.1%, Houston unemployment near 5%
Texas Workforce Commission — Statewide and Houston metro comparison figures
Looking Ahead
National payrolls added only 29,000 jobs in September, wage growth at 3.0% vs 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation report, September 2026
Government employment fell 1,000 locally in July while private services gained
Workforce Solutions Southeast Texas — Regional sector employment breakdown, July 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