Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Port St. Lucie, 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
Port St. Lucie unemployment rose to 5.4% in February 2026
CBS12 / Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local news report citing BLS data
This Month's Takeaways
Florida education and health services added 39,000 jobs year-over-year
Florida Chamber Foundation — State labor market analysis, 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Port St. Lucie MSA unemployment rate at 4.2% in September 2026
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local area unemployment statistics, September 2026
Information, Education/Health, and Government sector growth rates outpacing state
Florida Department of Commerce — Metro industry employment data
Looking Ahead
Florida minimum wage increases to $15/hour effective September 30, 2026
Florida Department of Commerce — State minimum wage schedule
Florida WARN notices down 29% year-over-year in 2026
Florida Department of Economic Opportunity / WARN data — State WARN Act notice tracking
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