Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Dayton, 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 shrank by 95,000 over the year despite population growth
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services — Civilian labor force estimates, August 2026
International Motors LLC WARN notice affecting 1,341 workers
LayoffIQ — Ohio WARN Act notice tracking, trailing 90 days
Local Economic Conditions
Dayton MSA unemployment rate at 3.0% in August 2026
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Preliminary metro area employment and unemployment estimates
Dayton area gained avg 100 jobs/month in 2026, lowest since 2020
Dayton Daily News — Reporting on regional job growth trends citing BLS data
Open Threads in the Data
Manufacturing/construction adding staff; skilled trades shortages constrain hiring
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland — Regional business conditions report cited in Dayton Daily News
Looking Ahead
National wage growth fell to 3.0% annual, below 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 2026 employment situation report, average hourly earnings
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