Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 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
This Month's Takeaways
Orlando wages rose 8.3% YoY through July 2026 vs 3.4% inflation
Orlando MSA Market Snapshot — Metro wage and CPI comparison
Leisure/hospitality added 12,200 jobs; Orlando leads FL in WARN notices
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — April 2026 sector employment data
Local Economic Conditions
Orlando labor force grew 17,000 vs 6,000 jobs added, unemployment to 4.6%
Orlando Economic Partnership — Midyear 2026 labor market snapshot
Florida minimum wage rises to $15.00 on September 30, 2026
Florida Department of Commerce — State minimum wage schedule
Open Threads in the Data
Only 35% of Orlando businesses confident in U.S. economy, two-year low
Orlando Economic Partnership — Q2 2026 business confidence survey
Looking Ahead
Florida worker-to-opening ratio near 93 seekers per 100 openings
Florida Chamber Foundation — Labor market tightness estimate, 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