Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · OR NONMETROPOLITAN AREA · 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
Oregon ranks 48th nationally in 12-month payroll employment growth
Bureau of Labor Statistics — State employment situation comparison, 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Oregon WARN notices fell to six-month average of 261
Oregon Employment Department — WARN Act notice tracking, 2026
Local Economic Conditions
32 of 36 Oregon counties saw unemployment decline in August 2026
Oregon Employment Department — County-level unemployment data for August 2026
Manufacturing down 14,600 jobs statewide over two years
Oregon Employment Department — Sector-level payroll employment trends
Open Threads in the Data
Oregon average weekly wages rose 4.6% year-over-year
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Q1 2026 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Non-urban Oregon minimum wage increased to $14.55/hour July 1, 2026
Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries — 2026 minimum wage schedule by region
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