Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Williamsport, PA 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
This Month's Takeaways
Pennsylvania construction, government, trade sector job losses
Keystone Research Center — Analysis of PA DLI employment data, September 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Williamsport MSA unemployment rate and manufacturing job growth
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Williamsport MSA, July 2026
National nonfarm payroll growth of 29,000 in September
Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 2026 Employment Situation report
Open Threads in the Data
National inflation running at 3.4% against wage growth
Bureau of Labor Statistics — CPI and wage growth data, September 2026
Looking Ahead
Pennsylvania WARN notice activity, 90-day window
LayoffIQ — WARN notice tracking, September 2026
Pennsylvania labor force participation dropout trend
Keystone Research Center / PA Department of Labor & Industry — Labor force participation analysis, 2025-2026
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