Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Elmira, NY 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
July 2026 civilian labor force in Chemung County was 35,666
New York State Department of Labor — Local area unemployment statistics, July 2026
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% year-over-year vs 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 2026 employment situation and CPI data
This Month's Takeaways
New York statewide WARN notices: 46 filings affecting 4,694 workers in 90 days
LayoffIQ — WARN notice tracking, New York State, September 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Chemung County unemployment rate reached 4.2% in August 2026
New York State Department of Labor — County-level unemployment data release, August 2026
Open Threads in the Data
Upstate NY small businesses reporting weaker revenue growth and more pessimism
Federal Reserve Beige Book — September 2026 regional economic conditions report
Looking Ahead
NY statewide labor force participation fell from 61.5% to 61.3% in July 2026
New York State Department of Labor — Labor force participation data, July 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