Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Sheboygan, 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
This Month's Takeaways
Wisconsin lost 8,100 jobs since November 2024 peak through July 2026
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development — Statewide nonfarm payroll employment series
Lakeshore Community Health Care WARN notice affecting 178 workers, April 2026
Wisconsin WARN Act Filings — State WARN notice database
Local Economic Conditions
Sheboygan MSA unemployment at 2.9% in August 2026 with workforce growth
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development — Monthly county/MSA unemployment and labor force data
Sheboygan reported highest average weekly wage among small WI counties, Q1 2026
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — QCEW average weekly wage data by county
Looking Ahead
Wisconsin wage growth forecast to slow to 3.7% in 2026 from 4.2%
State of Working Wisconsin Report — Annual wage and labor market report, September 2026
Wisconsin labor force participation at 64.5%, down from 65.4% year-ago
Joint Economic Committee / BLS — State labor force participation rate 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