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Indiana: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Indiana from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026
Unemployment, September 20263.4%#14 of 51 · #1 = lowest
Annual average, 20253.7%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force
Labor force, 20253.51M+1.0% on a year earlier
Employed, 20253.38M128,524 unemployed
Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000
0%5%10%15%20%200020052010201520202025Unemployment rate
Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed
2.8M3M3.2M3.4M3.6M200020052010201520202025Labor forceEmployed
Labor forceEmployed
YearUnemployment rateLabor forceEmployedUnemployed
20253.7%3,506,2843,377,760128,524
20244.0%3,472,1183,332,175139,943
20233.4%3,424,3333,307,235117,098
20223.1%3,389,6893,285,460104,229
20213.9%3,342,1793,211,193130,986
20207.3%3,325,7803,082,456243,324
20193.3%3,392,6053,279,990112,615
20183.4%3,383,4653,267,594115,871
20173.5%3,332,2753,214,767117,508
20164.4%3,333,6273,187,737145,890
20154.8%3,268,9233,111,646157,277
20145.9%3,230,7473,038,650192,097
20137.5%3,196,7332,956,260240,473
20128.2%3,175,8282,915,218260,610
20118.9%3,191,9092,906,966284,943
201010.0%3,179,2272,861,071318,156
200910.2%3,223,2202,894,655328,565
20085.9%3,256,3933,064,708191,685
20074.6%3,214,9713,065,786149,185
20065.0%3,246,9973,085,021161,976
20055.4%3,211,8673,038,019173,848
20045.4%3,174,5073,002,515171,992
20035.2%3,183,6803,018,239165,441
20025.1%3,165,5993,003,690161,909
20014.2%3,145,6903,013,672132,018
20003.0%3,126,0313,032,12093,911
19992.9%3,120,2323,029,23690,996
19983.0%3,119,7323,026,98992,743
19973.4%3,115,8373,010,660105,177
19963.9%3,097,8292,975,820122,009
19954.4%3,120,5762,983,145137,431
19944.6%3,049,9552,908,241141,714
19935.1%2,947,3202,797,285150,035
19926.1%2,860,2242,685,823174,401
19915.7%2,798,7102,639,780158,930
19905.1%2,799,0132,656,668142,345
19894.7%2,798,1372,666,050132,087
19885.2%2,736,4252,595,210141,215
19876.1%2,698,1852,532,634165,551
19866.8%2,697,3102,514,514182,796
19857.7%2,664,9992,460,152204,847
19848.5%2,601,9032,381,319220,584
198311.1%2,568,3362,283,754284,582
198211.9%2,593,0442,284,854308,190
19819.8%2,612,4932,356,868255,625
19809.6%2,620,1162,368,618251,498
19796.4%2,631,2232,461,836169,387
19785.6%2,583,9192,439,912144,007
19775.8%2,484,9502,341,895143,055
19766.1%2,438,4092,290,238148,171

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.