Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Elkhart-Goshen, IN 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
Metro average wage of $27.97 per hour in Elkhart-Goshen MSA
Indiana Department of Workforce Development — Hoosiers by the Numbers, July 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Indiana statewide unemployment held at 3.3% in August 2026
Indiana Department of Workforce Development — September 2026 state labor market announcement
Local Economic Conditions
Elkhart County unemployment rose from 3.3% to around 4.1% mid-2026
Indiana Department of Workforce Development — Labor Market Review, Elkhart County monthly data
Manufacturing accounts for ~46% of Elkhart-Goshen nonfarm employment
Indiana Department of Workforce Development — Hoosiers by the Numbers, July 2026 metro employment data
Looking Ahead
Owens Corning WARN notice for 130 workers in Walkerton, effective Sept 19
Indiana WARN Act Filings — State WARN notice database, July 2026 filing
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% against 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National average hourly earnings and CPI data, Sept 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