Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, 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 statewide average hourly earnings rose 5.9% to $36.37
Texas Workforce Commission — Texas Labor Market Review, September 2026
Hidalgo County labor force reached 407,900 in August 2026
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — County-level labor force statistics
This Month's Takeaways
Texas private hourly earnings up 3.9% YoY per Dallas Fed
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas — Texas Employment Forecast and wage indicators, July 2026
Local Economic Conditions
McAllen MSA unemployment rate was 5.7% in July 2026
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission MSA
Hidalgo County average weekly wages rose 3.3% YoY to $884 in Q4 2025
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Hidalgo County
Texas statewide average weekly wage reached $1,646
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Q1 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