Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 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
MSA unemployment rate of 3.1% in July 2026, down from 3.2%
Bureau of Labor Statistics — BLS Economy at a Glance, Oshkosh-Neenah MSA
Winnebago County average weekly wages at $1,383, up 1.7% YoY
Bureau of Labor Statistics — BLS County Employment and Wages Release, Q1 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Wisconsin manufacturing employment declining 0.2%
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development — Sector-level employment trend data, 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Winnebago County's largest employment decline among WI's 7 largest counties
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — County employment and wages data, Sept 2024-2025
Looking Ahead
Wisconsin wage growth forecast at 4.2% vs core inflation 3.9%
The State of Working Wisconsin — Sept 2026 state labor market report
Black unemployment in Wisconsin at 7.2% vs 2.3% white rate
The State of Working Wisconsin — Q1 2026 equity data in state labor 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