Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Kingston, NY 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 wage growth slowed to 3.0% against 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 2026 average hourly earnings data
This Month's Takeaways
New York State unemployment declined to 4.3% in August from 4.4% in July
Federal Reserve Bank / BLS (FRED) — State unemployment rate series, August 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Ulster County unemployment rose to 4.1% in August 2026 from 3.8% in June
New York State Department of Labor — Preliminary August 2026 area unemployment rates
Kingston MSA private employment grew 0.2% year-over-year through June 2026
New York State Department of Labor — Hudson Valley Regional Report, June 2026
National payrolls added 29,000 jobs in September with 60,000 in downward revisions
Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 2026 employment situation report
Looking Ahead
New York State local government shed 13,000 jobs outside education
New York State Department of Labor — September 2026 state employment 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