Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 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
Muskegon County average weekly wage rose $135 to $1,427, Q4'24-Q4'25
Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget — County-level average weekly wage comparison
Michigan seasonally adjusted unemployment rate at 5.0% in August 2026
Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget — Statewide unemployment rate release
Local Economic Conditions
Muskegon MSA employment fell 7.1% year-over-year through July 2026
Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget — Regional labor market area employment comparison
Muskegon labor force declined 8.2% year-over-year, largest among MI regions
Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget — Labor force data across Michigan's 18 labor market areas
Looking Ahead
Michigan minimum wage scheduled to rise to $15.00 January 2027
Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act — State minimum wage schedule
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% against 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National average hourly earnings and CPI comparison
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