Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 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
Connecticut labor force declined 54,400 (2.8%) year-over-year
Connecticut Department of Labor — August 2026 labor force and payroll statistics
This Month's Takeaways
Stamford WARN notices: 79 filings affecting 4,825 workers
WARN Fire Hose — WARN Act notice tracking for Connecticut municipalities
Connecticut WARN notices up 42%, 2,371 workers affected in 2026
Connecticut Department of Labor — 2026 WARN Act filing summary by industry
Local Economic Conditions
Metro added 29,000 jobs, unemployment at 4.2% in September 2026
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Regional and state employment situation data
Fairfield County office vacancy fell to 25.4%, led by Stamford
Connecticut Office of the State Comptroller — August 2026 economic update on office leasing
Looking Ahead
National wage growth at 3.0% annual vs 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 2026 average hourly earnings and CPI data
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