Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Lansing-East Lansing, MI 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
Michigan unemployment rate rose to 5.0% in August 2026, up from 4.9%
Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget — State labor market data release
Ingham County average weekly wage was $1,334 in Q3 2025, up 4.1% YoY
Bureau of Labor Statistics — County Employment and Wages (QCEW) data
Local Economic Conditions
Lansing MSA employment and labor force each fell 2.9% in June 2026, largest among Michigan metros
Specialized Staffing Michigan Labor Market Review — Monthly Michigan metro labor market comparison report
GM filed a WARN notice for 350 workers in Lansing on 08/14/2026
LayoffData — Michigan WARN Act notice tracking database
Looking Ahead
Michigan cyclical sectors projected to lose 16,300 jobs in 2026; non-cyclical to add 19,500
Michigan Labor Market Research Notes — Sector employment forecast compilation
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% against 3.4% inflation in September 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National average hourly earnings and CPI data
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