Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Utica-Rome, 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
Metro Q1 2026 average weekly wage of $1,218 vs national $1,654
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages data
This Month's Takeaways
NY local government shed 13,000 jobs outside education
Federal Reserve Beige Book — September 2026 regional economic conditions report
Local Economic Conditions
Utica-Rome nonfarm employment unchanged at 122,700 over year ending August 2026
New York State Department of Labor — Monthly metro employment data cited via Rome Sentinel
Utica-Rome unemployment rate rose from 4.2% to 4.3% year-over-year
New York State Department of Labor — Local area unemployment statistics cited via Rome Sentinel
Looking Ahead
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% year-over-year, below 3.4% inflation
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Average hourly earnings and CPI data
NY WARN filings show healthcare, manufacturing, transportation as top-affected industries
LayoffIQ — WARN Act notice tracking, New York State
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