Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Lubbock, 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
Texas labor force participation at 63.7% vs 62.2% national
Joint Economic Committee / TWC — State labor force participation comparison
This Month's Takeaways
Leprino Foods facility expected to employ 600 workers in 2026
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas — Regional manufacturing project tracking
Local Economic Conditions
Lubbock unemployment rate and wage growth through Aug-Sept 2026
Texas Workforce Commission — Local unemployment and wage data release
Retail and vehicle sales growth year-to-date 2026
Lubbock National Bank Economic Analysis — Local retail and auto sales tracking
Average weekly wages in Lubbock MSA reached $1,140 in Q1 2026
BLS QCEW via FRED — Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Looking Ahead
National wage growth fell to 3.0% against 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National wage and CPI data, September 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