Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Laredo, 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
National wage growth fell to 3.0% annually, below 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation and CPI data, September 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Texas construction employment grew 5.1% year-over-year
Texas Workforce Commission — Texas industry employment report, September 2026
National financial activities sector down 129,000 jobs from 2025 peak
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation, September 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Laredo MSA unemployment at 4.2% with payrolls flat at 29,000 in September 2026
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Laredo MSA employment situation, September 2026
Open Threads in the Data
Laredo civilian labor force at 121.9 thousand
Texas Workforce Commission — Laredo MSA labor force data, 2026
Looking Ahead
Texas transportation/logistics WARN notices total 69, affecting 8,055 workers
LayoffIQ — Texas WARN Act tracking, 2026
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