Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Longview, WA 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
Washington lost approximately 14,500 jobs in September, unemployment held at 4.5%
Washington State Employment Security Department — Statement from labor economist Paul Turek on September job losses
Local Economic Conditions
Cowlitz County unemployment fell to 4.3% in July 2026
Washington State Employment Security Department — Labor Market Information and Research Division county data
Cowlitz County employers added 200 jobs for a total of 42,400
Washington State Employment Security Department — County payroll employment figures, July 2026
Nippon Dynawave halted production after a chemical tank implosion
Washington State Employment Security Department — May 2026 incident reference in local labor market notes
Open Threads in the Data
Washington wage growth of 3.1% against inflation of 3.5%
Washington State Employment Security Department — Real wage decline calculation, September 2026 labor market notes
Looking Ahead
MultiCare Health System filed a WARN notice covering 138 workers
Washington Employment Security Department WARN notices — September 2026 statewide WARN filing record
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