Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 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%
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National unemployment benchmark
This Month's Takeaways
National wage growth of 3.0% trailing inflation of 3.4%
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National wage and CPI comparison, September 2026
Education and health services added 39,000 jobs statewide, largest sector gain
Florida Chamber Foundation / Florida Department of Commerce — Statewide sector job growth data
Local Economic Conditions
Volusia County unemployment rate of 5.8% as of January 2026
Florida Department of Commerce — County-level unemployment data
Over 14,900 job postings in Daytona Beach as of late September 2026
Regional labor market research notes — Metro job posting volume
Looking Ahead
Florida minimum wage increases to $15.00/hr effective September 30, 2026
Florida Department of Commerce — State minimum wage policy change
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