Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Eugene-Springfield, OR 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
Oregon lost 16,100 net payroll jobs over past 12 months, ranks 48th nationally
Oregon Employment Department — State labor market report, August 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Lane County average weekly wage of $1,177 vs national $1,459
Bureau of Labor Statistics — County Employment and Wages, Q3 2025
Health care added 1,300 jobs in Lane County since 2019
Lookout Eugene-Springfield — Local economic reporting, February 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Lane County unemployment at 5.1% in August 2026, little changed year over year
Oregon Employment Department — Employment in Lane County report, August 2026
Looking Ahead
National wage growth at 3.0% annual increase, below 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment and CPI data, September 2026
Oregon manufacturing down 14,600 jobs over two years
Oregon Employment Department — State sector employment data, 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