Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Yuma, AZ 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
Arizona unemployment rate at 4.9%, national at 4.1%
Bureau of Labor Statistics — State and national unemployment data, August 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Yuma average hourly earnings rose 5.6% year-over-year to $28.46 in March 2026
Arizona's Economy (Eller College) — Metro wage trend data, early 2026
Local Economic Conditions
Yuma County unemployment rate reached 18.9% in July 2026
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)/BLS — Local area unemployment statistics for Yuma, AZ
Open Threads in the Data
Beam Global opened Yuma manufacturing facility employing up to 100
University of Arizona Eller College Economic Forecast — Named-employer expansion coverage, summer 2026
Automated Harvesting LLC closed Yuma operations, laying off 46 workers
University of Arizona Eller College Economic Forecast, Q2 2026 — Named-employer closure coverage
Looking Ahead
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% against 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 2026 wage and CPI data
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