Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 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
New Jersey unemployment rate rose to 5.2% in September 2026, highest since early 2022
New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development — State labor market data release, September 2026
National average hourly earnings grew 3.0% year-over-year, below 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Employment Situation Report wage data
Local Economic Conditions
Vineland MSA unemployment rate rose to 7.2% in August 2026 from 6.4% in June
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Economy at a Glance, Vineland-Bridgeton-Millville MSA
Metro employment level fell to 60.6 thousand in August from 61.5 thousand in June
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Vineland MSA
Open Threads in the Data
New Jersey's job growth concentrated in education and health services over 12 months
New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development — Sector-level nonfarm payroll data, September 2026
Looking Ahead
New Jersey WARN filings up 42% in count through July 2026 vs 2025
Community News Service — Analysis of NJ WARN Act notice filings
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