Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Sumter, SC 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
South Carolina unemployment rate at 4.1% in August 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — State employment situation, August 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Sylvamo invested in 300,000-sq-ft warehouse expansion at Sumter Sheet Plant
Indeed Job Listings — Employer hiring/expansion listing, May 2026
Sumter employment grew 2.9% YoY, tied for 19th-best nationally
SC Department of Employment & Workforce — Metro Area Employment Blog, June 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Sumter MSA unemployment rate was 5.4% in June 2026
SC Department of Employment & Workforce — Employment Situation Report, June 2026
Sumter nonfarm employment totaled 37,400, down 1.6% year-over-year
SC Department of Employment & Workforce — Metro area nonfarm payroll data, June 2026
Looking Ahead
National payrolls added 29,000 jobs in September, wage growth below inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation, 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