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State College, PA MSA labor market reports
Free archive of WageScape reports for State College, PA MSA. Latest free edition: Finance, October 2026 — Controller pay surges locally while bench depth stays thin.
Finance
- October 2026 — Controller pay surges locally while bench depth stays thin.
- September 2026 — State College finance pay climbs against a cooling national market.
- August 2026 — State College labor tightens to 3.0% while Finance pay accelerates
Human Resources
- October 2026 — State College HR pay climbs while national wage growth stalls.
- September 2026 — State College holds tighter than the state around it.
- August 2026 — State College's 3.0% jobless rate outpaces state and national tightening.
Information Technology
- October 2026 — State College's tight labor market strains IT pay competitiveness.
- September 2026 — Centre County's tight labor market rewards specialists, not generalists.
General Market Conditions
- October 2026 — State College holds 2.8% jobless rate as healthcare pay pulls ahead.
- September 2026 — State College's labor market holds tight as state, nation cool.
Restaurant Industry
- October 2026 — State College's tight labor market exposes falling manager pay.
- September 2026 — Supervisory pay eases in State College as frontline rates climb.
Life Sciences
- September 2026 — Central PA biotech pay splits sharply by function this month.