News Release

INDIANAPOLIS — A total of 14,200 additional jobs added into the private sector causes Indiana’s unemployment rate to drop from 3.1% to 3%.

Indiana saw growth in the following businesses, according to the Department of Workforce Development:

• leisure and hospitality
• manufacturing sectors
• private educational and health
• professional and business services
• trade, transportation and utilities
• financial activities

The unemployment rate had previously stood still at 3.1% for the past four months.

Indiana is at an employment peak with private employment reaching a total of 2,845,100 jobs.

The national rate of labor force participation is still at 62.6% while Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported Indiana’s rate to have increased to 63.6%. This comes as a result of the total residents either employed or looking for employment increasing more than 7,000 in comparison to the prior month.