Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Flagstaff, AZ 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
Flagstaff MSA unemployment rate rose to 6.0% in June 2026
YCharts/BLS — Local area unemployment statistics
Arizona unemployment rate held at 4.9% for third consecutive month
Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity — State labor market report, September 2026
National unemployment rate at 4.1%, a one-year low
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation, August 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Arizona government employment rose 24,500 month-over-month in August 2026
Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity — State nonfarm payroll report by sector
Local Economic Conditions
Flagstaff MSA employment fell 5,800 jobs year-over-year through June 2026
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — BLS Western Information Office metro employment data
Looking Ahead
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% annually, lowest since May 2021
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Average hourly earnings data
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