Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Pocatello, ID 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
Bannock County labor force and unemployment figures
Idaho Department of Labor — Bannock County Labor Force And Economic Profile, July 2026
U.S. September payroll growth of 29,000 with downward revisions
Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 2026 national employment situation report
This Month's Takeaways
Hospitals as top industry for job postings in southeastern Idaho
Idaho Department of Labor — Around Southeastern Idaho: Economic Activity, August 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Pocatello MSA unemployment rate and flat nonfarm payrolls
Idaho Department of Labor — September 2026 metro labor force and employment data
Looking Ahead
State agency vacancy rate of 11.2% and longer fill times
Idaho Department of Labor — Idaho labor market conditions research, September 2026
National real wage growth trailing inflation for first time in two years
Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 2026 wage and CPI comparison
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