Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 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
California unemployment rate at 5.1%, ranked 48th nationally
Bureau of Labor Statistics / California EDD — State labor market data, August 2026
This Month's Takeaways
National wage growth at 3.0% vs 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Average hourly earnings and CPI data, September 2026
288 WARN notices affecting 13,674 workers statewide in 90 days
California EDD WARN Notices — Statewide layoff notice tracking
Local Economic Conditions
Ventura County unemployment rate at 5.0% in August 2026
California Employment Development Department — Metro-level labor force and unemployment data
Ventura Coastal WARN notice affecting 71 workers, Sept 18 2026
California EDD WARN Notices — WARN Act filing record
Looking Ahead
California minimum wage rising to $17.40 on January 1, 2027
California Department of Industrial Relations — State minimum wage schedule
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