Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 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
Miami-Dade average weekly wage of $1,797 vs national average of $1,654
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — County Employment and Wages report, Q1 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Miami-Dade finance employment +4%, wages +9.8%; Broward finance employment -1.7%, wages -3.2%
Florida Atlantic University South Florida Economic Outlook Report — County-level sector wage and employment analysis
Spirit Airlines bankruptcy caused 4,850+ Florida job losses, 3,260+ in Miami-Dade/Broward
Florida Department of Commerce — Statewide WARN Act notice tracking, May 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Miami metro unemployment at 3.7% in August 2026, lowest in South Florida
Florida Department of Commerce — State labor market data reported via WUWF, Sept 18, 2026
Looking Ahead
Florida minimum wage rising to $15.00/hour effective September 30, 2026
Florida Amendment 2 Implementation — State minimum wage schedule
National WARN filings concentrated among Amazon, Meta, Verizon, Oracle, Tyson Foods
Newsweek — 2026 national WARN Act filing analysis
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