Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Racine, WI 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
Wisconsin lost 8,100 jobs between Nov 2024 peak and July 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Wisconsin nonfarm payroll trend data
This Month's Takeaways
Education & Health Services grew 1.9% over 12 months through June 2026
State of Working Wisconsin / BLS — Sector-level employment growth data for Wisconsin
Local Economic Conditions
Racine-Mount Pleasant MSA unemployment rose to 5.2% in February 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — MSA-level unemployment data via local economic research notes
UNFI closed Sturtevant facility; Cree Lighting laid off 172 workers
Spectrum News 1 — March 2026 reporting on local facility closures and layoffs
Open Threads in the Data
Wisconsin wage growth forecast at 3.7-4.2% for 2026 against 3.9% core CPI
State of Working Wisconsin report — September 2026 state wage and inflation analysis
Looking Ahead
National wage growth slipped to 3.0%, slowest since May 2021
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National average hourly earnings data, September 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