Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA MSA · September 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
NYC metro CPI up 4.3% for 12 months ending August 2026 vs. 3.4% nationally; energy up 15.4%
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — NYC-Newark-Jersey City CPI release, August 2026
NY-Jersey City-White Plains metro division was the only major division with a statistically significant yr/yr employment gain in July (+87,600, +1.4%)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Metropolitan Area Employment & Unemployment summary, July 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Wall Street 2025 bonus pool hit record $49.2 billion; average bonus rose 6% to $246,900
NY State Comptroller's Office — DiNapoli annual Wall Street bonus report, March 2026
Local Economic Conditions
NYC unemployment rate 4.8% in August, down 0.7 pts year-over-year
NY State Department of Labor — NYC monthly labor market briefing, August 2026
NYC private sector jobs up 27,600 yr/yr; health & education +34,200; leisure & hospitality -10,800
NY State Department of Labor — NYC sector employment detail, August 2026
Looking Ahead
Tariff policies cut NY State exports to nearly half its trading partners; inflationary pressures likely to remain elevated throughout 2026
NY State Comptroller's Office — Economic Impact of Tariffs — Federal Funding and New York report
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