Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Huntsville, AL 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
Madison County average weekly wage of $1,523, 3.6% YoY growth, Q3 2025
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Madison County
Alabama employment declined 30,420 year-over-year to 2,282,055
Alabama Department of Workforce — Alabama labor market data, September 2026 release
This Month's Takeaways
National unemployment rate at 4.1% as of August 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National Employment Situation report
Local Economic Conditions
Huntsville MSA unemployment rate at 3.3% in June 2026, nonfarm employment at 296.8K
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Huntsville MSA
Eli Lilly $6 billion advanced manufacturing facility in Huntsville/Limestone County
Shelby County Reporter — Coverage of Eli Lilly Alabama investment announcement
Looking Ahead
Alabama employers filed 25 WARN notices affecting 2,162 workers in 2026
layoffdata.com — Alabama 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