Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-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
Mahoning County average weekly wage of $1,064 ranks 361st nationally
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — County Employment and Wages (QCEW) Q1 2026 data
Ohio labor force shrank by 95,000 over the prior year despite falling unemployment
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services — State labor force participation and unemployment data
Youngstown-Warren MSA projected to contract at 1.76% annualized employment rate
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services — Ohio Leading Indicators employment projection report
Local Economic Conditions
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman MSA unemployment rate reached 4.8% in August 2026
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — BLS Economy at a Glance, metro-level unemployment data
Looking Ahead
Ohio recorded 18 WARN notices in the last 90 days, led by manufacturing
LayoffIQ — WARN Act notice tracking for Ohio, 90-day window
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% against 3.4% inflation
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation and CPI comparison, 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