Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 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
Michigan statewide unemployment at 5.0% in August 2026
Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget — Seasonally adjusted state unemployment rate release
This Month's Takeaways
County-level employment losses in Oakland, Wayne, Macomb counties
Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget — County covered employment, Sept 2024-Sept 2025 comparison
Michigan cyclical industries projected to lose 16,300 jobs in 2026
Michigan Center for Data and Analytics — Sectoral employment projections for 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Detroit metro only MI region with rising jobless rate since July 2025
Michigan Center for Data and Analytics — Regional labor market trend comparison across Michigan metros
Compensation costs rose 3.4% in Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor CSA through June 2026
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Employment Cost Index, private industry compensation by metro
Looking Ahead
Michigan minimum wage rising to $15.00 effective January 1, 2027
Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act — State minimum wage schedule
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