Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Muncie, IN 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
Muncie MSA unemployment rate reached 4.2% in July 2026
Indiana Department of Workforce Development — Labor Market Review, Delaware County data
Local Economic Conditions
Indiana unemployment rate held at 3.3% for third consecutive month
Indiana state labor announcement — September 21 state labor market release
Muncie nonfarm employment grew from 48,050 to 49,238, a 2.5% increase
Indiana University Kelley School of Business — IBRC 2025 Muncie Outlook forecast
Open Threads in the Data
Muncie personal income expected to grow less than 2% over next year
Indiana University Kelley School of Business — IBRC 2026 Muncie economic forecast
Looking Ahead
Indiana private-sector manufacturing added 3,500 jobs July to August
Indiana Department of Workforce Development — State payroll employment report, September 2026
U.S. nonfarm payrolls added only 29,000 jobs in September with downward revisions
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation report, 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