Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Terre Haute, IN 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
Indiana unemployment rate held at 3.3% in August, lowest since May 2023
Indiana Department of Workforce Development — State labor market announcement, September 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Vigo County unemployment rate of 3.8% in August 2026
STATS Indiana — County-level unemployment data, August 2026
Terre Haute MSA nonfarm employment of 67,900 and median wage $21.57/hour
Hoosiers by the Numbers — Metro employment and wage data, June 2026
Looking Ahead
Indiana lost 16,100 net payroll jobs over past 12 months
Indiana Department of Workforce Development — State payroll employment trend data
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% annually against 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National wage and inflation data, September 2026
State announced 570 new high-wage jobs in advanced manufacturing, agbioscience, defense
Indiana Economic Development Corporation — Governor's Q3 investment announcement, 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