Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · ID NONMETROPOLITAN AREA · 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
Northern Idaho truck driver postings more than doubled year-over-year
Idaho Labor Market Information — Northern Idaho occupational posting data, July 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Southwestern Idaho labor force grew faster than employment, raising unemployment
Idaho Department of Labor — Regional labor force and employment data, July-August 2026
South-central Idaho postings, employers, and wages fell year-over-year
Idaho Labor Market Information — South-central regional job posting trends
Open Threads in the Data
State agencies face 11.2% vacancy rate with turnover in healthcare, IT, trades
Idaho Department of Labor — State government workforce vacancy report
Looking Ahead
National WARN notices reached 3,562 covering 313,234 workers as of Sept 26, 2026
LayoffAlert.org — National WARN Act tracking, year-to-date 2026
National wage growth fell to 3.0% against 3.4% inflation in September 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National average hourly earnings and CPI comparison
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