Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Panama City-Lynn Haven, 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
Panama City region unemployment rate was 4.5% in August 2026
Florida Department of Commerce — Reported via WUWF, Sept. 18, 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Management & Training Corp filed a WARN notice affecting 161 workers in Panama City
Florida WARN Records — WARN notice filing, Aug. 31, 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Bay County had Florida's largest year-over-year employment decline at -2.3%
Bureau of Labor Statistics — County Employment and Wages Report, March 2025-March 2026
Bay County average weekly wage was $1,087 in Q1 2026, up 3.3% year-over-year
Bureau of Labor Statistics — County wage data, Q1 2026
Looking Ahead
Florida's minimum wage rises from $14 to $15 on Sept. 30, 2026
Florida Department of Commerce — State minimum wage schedule
Florida employers filed 84 WARN notices in 2026 affecting 13,944 workers
Florida Department of Commerce / WARN data — Statewide 2026 WARN tally
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