Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · SC NONMETROPOLITAN AREA · 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
National wage growth 3.0% vs inflation 3.4%, weakest gap since May 2021
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Average hourly earnings and CPI data, September 2026
This Month's Takeaways
SC average weekly wages grew 4.0% YoY to $1,296 in Q1 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Q1 2026
DP World Spartanburg WARN notice affecting 205 workers, Sept 1 2026
South Carolina WARN Act Notices — State WARN filing database
33 WARN notices filed in SC in 2026 YTD affecting 4,155 workers
South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce — State WARN Act notice tracking, 2026 YTD
Local Economic Conditions
SC added 10,800 payroll jobs in August 2026, participation at 58.9%
Federal Reserve / South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce — State payroll employment and labor force participation data
Looking Ahead
National nonfarm payrolls added 29,000 in September, prior months revised down 60,000
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Employment Situation Report, 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