Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Montgomery, AL 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
Alabama statewide unemployment rate held at 3.4% in August 2026
Alabama Department of Workforce — State labor market report, September 2026 release
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% against 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 2026 jobs report wage and CPI data
This Month's Takeaways
Alabama filed 25 WARN notices in 2026 covering 2,162 workers
layoffdata.com — 2026 WARN Act notice tracking for Alabama
Local Economic Conditions
Montgomery County unemployment rate reached 4.0% in August 2026
Alabama Department of Workforce — Metro-level unemployment estimate, August 2026
Looking Ahead
National nonfarm payrolls added only 29,000 jobs in September 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 2026 employment situation report
Alabama prime-age labor force participation held at 79.5%
Alabama Department of Workforce — August 2026 labor force participation data
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