Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · San Angelo, TX 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
Texas labor force participation at 63.7% vs 62.2% national
Joint Economic Committee / TWC — September 2026 state labor market notes
National wage growth slipped to 3.0% annual, lowest since May 2021
Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 2026 employment situation report
This Month's Takeaways
Texas manufacturing wage growth of 4.8% year-over-year, strongest since Dec 2023
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas — Mid-year 2026 manufacturing wage survey
Local Economic Conditions
San Angelo August unemployment rate at 3.6%, second-lowest Texas metro
Texas Workforce Commission — August 2026 metro unemployment release
San Angelo civilian labor force ~62,200 with ~60,000 employed
Texas Workforce Commission — August 2026 metro labor force estimates
Looking Ahead
Texas WARN-affected workers down 45% year over year
LayoffData / LayoffIQ — 2026 Texas 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