Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, 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
This Month's Takeaways
Ohio labor force down 95,000 year over year despite falling unemployment
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services — State labor force participation data, August 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Cleveland metro employment reached 1.104 million in June 2026, highest since 2019
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Metro nonfarm payroll employment data
PNC Economics found Cleveland outperformed Ohio statewide in job growth
PNC Economics — August 2026 regional economic analyst report
Open Threads in the Data
Cleveland average weekly wages of $1,482 trail U.S. average of $1,654
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Q1 2026
Looking Ahead
Ohio recorded 18 WARN notices affecting 3,134 workers in past 90 days
LayoffIQ — WARN Act notice tracking, Ohio, Q3 2026
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% annually against 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National average hourly earnings and CPI data, 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