Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · WY 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
Wyoming average annual wage up 3.7% year-over-year
Wyoming Department of Workforce Services — 2026 average annual wage figures
This Month's Takeaways
Mining employment fell 3.8% in Q1 2026; projected to lose 144 jobs through 2027
Wyoming Workforce Annual Report / Wyoming projections analysis — Sector employment projections
Wyoming labor force decreased by more than 3,000 people, 2024–2025
Wyoming Department of Workforce Services — Labor force size trend data
Local Economic Conditions
Wyoming unemployment at 3.0% in August 2026, with county-level range cited
Wyoming Department of Workforce Services — August 2026 state and county unemployment data
Wyoming nonfarm employment rose 500 jobs (0.2%) year-over-year through August 2026
Wyoming Department of Workforce Services — Nonfarm payroll employment data
Looking Ahead
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% annual vs 3.4% inflation
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — National average hourly earnings and CPI data, 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