Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Springfield, OH 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
Clark County unemployment at 3.8% in August 2026
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services — County-level unemployment data
This Month's Takeaways
Manufacturing production worker and trade pay declining in metro vs rising nationally
WageScape advertised pay data — Advertised pay trend comparison, metro vs national
Local Economic Conditions
Roshel acquisition of International Motors Springfield facilities ends ~1,341 jobs
Dayton Business Journal — Reporting on International Motors/Roshel sale and WARN notice
Springfield metro employment declined 0.4% in June, largest in Ohio
Springfield News-Sun — Local employment data reporting, July 30 2026
Looking Ahead
Ohio has 18 WARN notices in 90 days affecting 3,134 workers, concentrated in manufacturing
LayoffIQ — WARN Act tracking for Ohio
National payrolls added 29,000 jobs in September, wage growth 3.0% vs 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation report
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