Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Worcester, MA 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
Worcester average weekly wage of $1,506 vs U.S. average $1,654
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Q1 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Community Healthlink WARN notice affected 639 workers in Worcester/Leominster
Massachusetts WARN Act Notices — State WARN filing database, filed 08/10/2026
Massachusetts Professional, Scientific and Technical Services employment fell 5.8%
Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development — Sector-level employment data, 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Worcester posted the largest YoY job gain among MA metros at 1.9%
Mass.gov (Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development) — August 2026 state employment report, regional breakdown
Worcester County unemployment rate at 4.5% in August 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local area unemployment statistics, August 2026
Looking Ahead
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% against 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 2026 employment situation report
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