Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Goldsboro, NC 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
National wage growth slowed to 3.0%, lowest since May 2021
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Average hourly earnings data, September 2026
NC manufacturing remains largest net job loser statewide
North Carolina Department of Commerce — LAUS/sector employment data, August 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Goldsboro MSA unemployment rate at 3.7% as of July 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics for Goldsboro MSA
September national payroll growth of 29,000, unemployment at 4.2%
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National Employment Situation report, September 2026
Looking Ahead
NC labor force participation fell to 57.8%, down 1.6 pts YoY
North Carolina Department of Commerce — State labor force participation statistics, August 2026
13 WARN notices filed in NC in past 90 days affecting 1,336 workers
North Carolina Department of Commerce — WARN Act notice tracking, 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