Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Jacksonville, 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
Key Indicators
North Carolina average weekly wage $1,198, down 0.3% year-over-year
Bureau of Labor Statistics / NC Department of Commerce — Statewide average weekly wage data, August 2026
This Month's Takeaways
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% annual vs 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National average hourly earnings and CPI comparison, September 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Jacksonville MSA unemployment at 4.2% in August, up from 3.9% in June
Bureau of Labor Statistics (Local Area Unemployment Statistics) — Metro-level unemployment rate data
Jacksonville MSA nonfarm employment at 800,300, +2,600 jobs year-over-year
Bureau of Labor Statistics (State and Metro Area Employment) — Metro nonfarm payroll figures through June 2026
Open Threads in the Data
Education/Health Services +4.8%, Professional/Business Services +2.0%, Manufacturing +1.4% annual growth
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Industry-level employment growth for Jacksonville MSA
Looking Ahead
North Carolina 61 WARN notices in 2026 affecting 5,753 workers, concentrated in manufacturing
North Carolina Department of Commerce WARN Notices — Statewide layoff notice tracking
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