Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Johnson City, TN 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 at 4.2% with September payrolls up 29,000
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation report, September 2026
National wage growth at 3.0% annual vs 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Average hourly earnings and CPI comparison
This Month's Takeaways
Healthcare added 17,000 jobs nationally in September
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Sector-level nonfarm payroll detail
Local Economic Conditions
Johnson City MSA unemployment rate at 3.7% in July 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics (LAUS) — Metro-level unemployment and labor force data
Looking Ahead
Tennessee recorded 98 WARN filings over 24 months affecting 15,285 workers
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development — WARN Act notice tracking
Tennessee 2026 job growth projected at 31,400, down from historical ~60,000 average
Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research — State economic growth projection
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