Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Boise City-Nampa, ID 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
National unemployment rate at 4.1%-4.2% as of August/September 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation report
This Month's Takeaways
Idaho ranks third nationally for wage growth at 4.7%
Idaho Department of Labor — Occupational wage survey, 2026
Southwestern Idaho job postings and advertised wage figures
Idaho Department of Labor / Idaho@Work — Regional job posting and wage data, 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Boise-Nampa MSA unemployment rate at 3.2% in July 2026
Idaho Department of Labor — MSA-level unemployment data, July 2026
Micron Technology expansion projected to create ~17,000 regional jobs
Idaho Labor Market Information / CNBC — Reporting on Micron Boise semiconductor fabrication expansion
Looking Ahead
Idaho WARN notices total 8 filings covering 708 workers in 2026
Idaho Department of Labor WARN Act Tracker — State WARN notice filings, 2026 year-to-date
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