Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Morristown, TN 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
National nonfarm payrolls added 29,000 jobs in September 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation report
National wage growth at 3.0% annual vs 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Average hourly earnings and CPI comparison
This Month's Takeaways
Hamblen County draws 19,000+ in-commuters vs ~13,000 local workers
Morristown Economic Development Authority — Commuting pattern data citing TN Dept. of Labor
Local Economic Conditions
Morristown MSA unemployment at 3.7% in August 2026
USAFacts (citing BLS) — Metro-level unemployment data release
Manufacturing is 23.7% of Morristown metro employment
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Metro industry employment composition
Looking Ahead
Tennessee WARN notices affected at least 5,982 workers in 2026
Tennessee Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development — Statewide WARN Act notice tracking
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