Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 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
U.S. added 29,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in September 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Employment Situation Summary, September 2026
National wage growth at 3.0% annual, lowest since May 2021
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Average hourly earnings data, Employment Situation report
This Month's Takeaways
South Carolina government employment grew 5,900 jobs year-over-year
Federal Reserve Bank / BLS state data — SC payroll employment by sector, year-over-year comparison
Local Economic Conditions
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley MSA unemployment at 3.9% in August 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Greenville-Mauldin-Easley MSA
Production occupations are 9.4% of local employment vs 5.5% national
Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics — OES data, Greenville-Mauldin-Easley MSA occupational mix
Looking Ahead
DP World Spartanburg WARN filing affecting 205 workers
South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce — WARN Act notice tracking, September 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