Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL · 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 payrolls added 29,000 jobs in September with downward revisions
Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 2026 employment situation summary
This Month's Takeaways
Tampa Bay average wages rose 5.14% to $66,671
Tampa Bay Partnership Foundation — Regional wage growth analysis, reported via Q105
Tampa Bay ranked second-best U.S. labor market for recent college graduates
ADP — ADP labor market ranking, reported June 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Tampa added 12,500 jobs over the year; state job gains concentrated in education/health
Florida Department of Commerce — August 2026 state and metro employment report
Open Threads in the Data
Florida minimum wage rises to $15/hour effective September 30, 2026
Florida Department of Commerce — State minimum wage schedule
Looking Ahead
Florida 2026 WARN-affected workers down 29% year-over-year
Florida Department of Commerce / WARN Act filings — State WARN notice tracking, 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