Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Springfield, MO 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
National nonfarm payrolls added 29,000 in September, below 45,000 average
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation report, September 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Missouri September job gains by sector (manufacturing, construction, transportation)
Missouri Department of Labor — State nonfarm payroll sector breakdown, September 2026
Missouri job postings down 11.7% year-over-year in July 2026
Indeed Hiring Lab / Missouri Department of Labor — State-level job posting trend data
Local Economic Conditions
Springfield MSA September unemployment rate of 3.2%, payrolls at 238,100
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics / Springfield Business Journal — Metro-level unemployment and nonfarm payroll figures
Greene County average weekly wage of $1,150, Q4 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics — County Employment and Wages report
Looking Ahead
Missouri natural population growth negative, 60% of gains from international migration
Missouri Department of Labor / demographic research — State population and labor force composition data
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