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Odessa, TX MSA labor market reports
Free archive of WageScape reports for Odessa, TX MSA. Latest free edition: Finance, October 2026 — Odessa's tight labor market hides a finance pay retreat.
Finance
- October 2026 — Odessa's tight labor market hides a finance pay retreat.
- September 2026 — Odessa Finance pay splits: Controllers hold, Accountants fall sharply.
Human Resources
- October 2026 — Odessa stays tight on talent while recruiting pay slides.
- September 2026 — Odessa holds tight labor market as Midland pulls further ahead.
Information Technology
- October 2026 — Odessa's IT pay splits: infrastructure falls, support and security climb.
- September 2026 — Odessa's infrastructure pay is falling while the nation's is rising.
Life Sciences
- October 2026 — Odessa's tight labor market strains scarce regulatory and clinical talent.
- September 2026 — Odessa's tight labor market is energy-driven, not life sciences-driven.
General Market Conditions
- October 2026 — Odessa's labor market stays tight as trades wages pull ahead
- September 2026 — Odessa's tight jobless rate hides a split labor market.
Restaurant Industry
- October 2026 — Odessa's tight labor market masks a widening cook-pay gap.
- September 2026 — Odessa kitchens lose the wage race to the oilfield.
- August 2026 — Odessa kitchens cut pay in the tightest labor market in Texas.