Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 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
This Month's Takeaways
Benton County wage growth of 10.4% YoY through Q4 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics — County wage and employment statistics, Q4 2025
National payrolls added 29,000 jobs in September with downward revisions
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National nonfarm payroll employment report, September 2026
National wage growth fell to 3.0% against 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Average hourly earnings and CPI data, September 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Metro ranked 3rd nationally for payroll job growth at 2.9% YoY
Arkansas Department of Commerce / BLS — Metro nonfarm payroll growth ranking, July 2026 release
Local construction employment grew 4% while national construction declined
Associated General Contractors of America — Metro construction employment trend, June 2025-June 2026
Looking Ahead
Arkansas government added 5,700 jobs in August vs national government job losses
Arkansas Department of Commerce / BLS — State nonfarm payroll by sector, August 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