Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Syracuse, NY 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
Onondaga County employment rose 9,490 jobs (2.0%) year-over-year through August 2026
New York State Department of Labor — Oswego/Onondaga County job trends report, Sept 21 2026
Syracuse average weekly wage $1,423 vs U.S. $1,654 in Q1 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Q1 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Piedmont Airlines WARN notice affecting 88 Syracuse workers, Sept 10 2026
New York State Department of Labor — WARN Act notice filing
Local Economic Conditions
Syracuse metro averaged 25 jobs/month in 2026 vs 350/month in 2025
New York State Department of Labor — Syracuse MSA monthly employment trend data
Syracuse civilian labor force rose to 322,200 in July 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Syracuse Area Economic Summary
Looking Ahead
New York transportation/logistics WARN notices total 48 filings, 1,966 workers
LayoffIQ — New York State WARN notice tracking, Sept 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