Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Palm Coast, 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
Key Indicators
National wage growth at 3.0% annual vs. 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Average hourly earnings and CPI comparison
This Month's Takeaways
Education and health services added 39,000 jobs statewide (+2.5%), largest sector gain
Florida Department of Commerce — Sector-level annual job gains report
Local Economic Conditions
Florida unemployment rate at 4.5% in August, third consecutive monthly decline
Florida Department of Commerce — State unemployment report, reported Sept. 18, 2026
Open Threads in the Data
Florida minimum wage rising from $14 to $15 effective September 30, 2026
Florida Department of Economic Opportunity / State Statute — Scheduled minimum wage increase, tipped wage to $11.98
Looking Ahead
National payrolls added 29,000 jobs in September, below 45,000 12-month average
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation report, September 2026
Palm Coast MSA unemployment series discontinued by BLS
Bureau of Labor Statistics / FRED — Metro-level data availability limitation
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