Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · WI NONMETROPOLITAN AREA · 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
Wisconsin employers filed 56 WARN notices in 2026 affecting 3,914 workers, down 7%
Wisconsin WARN Act filings — State WARN notice tracking for 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Wisconsin wage growth forecast at 3.7-4.2% for 2026 against 3.9% core inflation
The State of Working Wisconsin (2026 report) — Report on Wisconsin wage and inflation dynamics
Education & Health Services driving job growth while Trade/Transportation/Utilities contract
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development — Sector-level employment growth data through 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Wisconsin labor force participation at 64.5%, down from 65.4% a year ago
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development / BLS — State labor force participation trend data
Looking Ahead
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% annual, below 3.2% forecast, against 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National wage and inflation data, September 2026
Indeed Job Postings Index turned positive year-over-year for first time in nearly four years
Indeed Hiring Lab — National job postings index trend, mid-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