Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Janesville, WI 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
Wisconsin lost 8,100 jobs since November 2024 peak
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development — State payroll employment trend data
Wisconsin labor force participation at 64.5%, down from 65.4% year-ago
Joint Economic Committee / BLS — State labor force participation rate tracking
This Month's Takeaways
County education/health services added 253 jobs (2.3%) through March 2026
Gazette Extra — Rock County sector employment reporting
Local Economic Conditions
Rock County unemployment rate at 3.7% in July 2026
Gazette Extra — County-level unemployment reporting for Rock County, WI
Rock County manufacturing employs 11,477 at average wage $72,916
Gazette Extra — County manufacturing sector employment and wage data
Looking Ahead
Wisconsin core CPI inflation at 3.9% vs forecast 4.2% wage growth
The State of Working Wisconsin (2026 report) — Annual Wisconsin labor market and wage report
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