Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 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
National unemployment rate of 4.2% for September 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation report
This Month's Takeaways
Government employment decline tied to Fort Stewart staffing adjustments
Georgia Department of Labor — Q1 2026 government sector employment figures
Local Economic Conditions
Hinesville unemployment rate and total nonfarm jobs for the metro
Georgia Department of Labor — Metro labor force and employment data, September 2026
Education/Health Services employment and wage growth figures
Georgia Department of Labor — Q1 2026 county/metro employment report
Manufacturing sector employment and wage decline
Georgia Department of Labor — Q1 2026 sector employment data
Looking Ahead
Georgia manufacturing share of historical WARN-triggered layoffs
WARN Act filings, Georgia Department of Labor — State WARN notice data through 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