Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 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
South Carolina statewide unemployment at 3.2%, labor force participation 58.9%
S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce — State labor force and participation statistics
National wage growth at 3.0% YoY, lowest since May 2021, against 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National average hourly earnings and CPI data
This Month's Takeaways
SC statewide average weekly wages grew 4.0% YoY to $1,296 in Q1 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Local Economic Conditions
Metro unemployment rate was 4.2% in September 2026 with 29,000 jobs added
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — BLS metro area employment and unemployment release
Horry County unemployment was 4.4% in July 2026
S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce — SC DEW labor market information division data
Looking Ahead
DP World filed WARN notice affecting 205 workers in Spartanburg, Sept 1 2026
S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce — State 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