Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Provo-Orem, UT 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
Metro labor force declined from 372,300 to 355,444 employed in 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Provo-Orem-Lehi MSA employment estimates
This Month's Takeaways
Northern Utah government employment fell 1,090 jobs on budget shortfall
Utah Dept. of Workforce Services — State labor market news release, September 2026
National wage growth fell to 3.0% annual vs 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation report, September 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Provo-Orem unemployment rate was 3.7% in July 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics / FRED — Metro-area unemployment rate data
Average weekly wages in Provo-Orem reached $1,250.12 in Q1 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Looking Ahead
Tyson Fresh Meats filed WARN notice for 723 workers in Eagle Mountain
LayoffIQ / Utah WARN tracker — Utah WARN Act notice filings, August 2026
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