Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Erie, PA 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 wage growth slowed to 3.0% annually, inflation at 3.4%
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation report, September 2026
Pennsylvania nonfarm jobs at record high for 17th consecutive month
Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry — September 2026 preliminary employment situation report
Local Economic Conditions
Erie MSA unemployment rate at 4.2% in September 2026
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Erie Area Economic Summary, September 2026
Erie civilian labor force at 128.5 thousand, July 2026
Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry — Center for Workforce Information & Analysis, Erie MSA data
Open Threads in the Data
Pennsylvania sector job gains/losses by industry since August 2025
Keystone Research Center — Analysis of PA Department of Labor & Industry data
Looking Ahead
Pennsylvania labor force dropouts rose from 8,000 to 15,000
Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry — Labor force participation trend analysis, 2025
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