Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 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
Metro average weekly wage of $1,288 vs national $1,654, Q1 2026
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Local Economic Conditions
Killeen-Temple MSA unemployment rate was 5.4% in July 2026
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Metropolitan area employment and unemployment data
Fort Hood transitions up to 800 service members monthly into civilian workforce
Fort Hood / Central Texas Workforce Board — Military transition workforce estimate
Open Threads in the Data
Texas added 159,400 jobs over the year, 1.1% annual growth
Texas Workforce Commission — Statewide nonfarm employment report
Looking Ahead
September 2026 metro BLS data scheduled for release October 28, 2026
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — BLS metro area release schedule
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% annually, weakest since May 2021
Bureau of Labor Statistics / Employment Situation — September 2026 employment situation 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