Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Canton-Massillon, 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
Canton-Massillon MSA preliminary unemployment rate of 3.8% in July 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Economy at a Glance metro data
This Month's Takeaways
Ohio labor force shrank by 95,000 workers over past year
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services — State labor force participation data
Local Economic Conditions
Stark County unemployment rate fell to 4.80% in August from 5.20% in July
YCharts/Bureau of Labor Statistics — County-level unemployment data
Canton-Massillon MSA employment decreased 0.5% through June 2026
NEOtrans/Regional Analysis — Regional employment trend analysis
Looking Ahead
Ohio has 18 WARN notices in 90 days, concentrated in manufacturing
LayoffIQ — WARN Act notice tracking
National wage growth slipped to 3.0% against 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National average hourly earnings 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