Governor Pence Statement on Record Private Employment Report

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Governor Mike Pence issued the following statement regarding news that Indiana’s unemployment rate decreased another 0.2% to stand at 4.7% in July. This preliminary estimate brings total private employment in Indiana to 2,614,800. Over the past 12 months, private employment has grown by 59,800 and now stands above the former peak by more than 2,000 jobs. While unemployment continues to fall, Indiana’s labor force is growing. Since January 2013, the Hoosier labor force has grown by 76,000. In the last year alone, Indiana added more than 23,000 people to its labor force.

“Every Hoosier should be encouraged by the news that we have more people going to work than ever before in our state’s history. This achievement belongs to the hardworking people of Indiana and to the businesses large and small, whose hard work and ingenuity achieved this historic milestone.

“From day one of my administration, we made job creation job one and aimed to get more Hoosiers working than ever before by 2016. We committed to strengthening Indiana’s economy and our workforce, while implementing policies that will bring good jobs and provide opportunity to Hoosiers. We cut taxes for working families and job creators. We cut government red tape. We signed honestly balanced budgets that hold the line on spending while making significant investments in education, infrastructure and our workforce.

“And thanks to hardworking Hoosiers for their resilience, character and the entrepreneurial spirit they bring to work each and every day, Indiana has achieved this goal and set a new record for private sector employment.

“While this milestone is worth celebrating, I believe that as long as any Hoosier is looking for work or struggling to make ends meet, our work is not done.

“Indiana continues to grow stronger and together we can build on this momentum. To take job growth and our economy to new heights, I believe we must continue to live within our means, look for ways to let working Hoosiers keep more of what they earn, cut government red tape and make sound investments in the education of our kids, our workforce and the infrastructure that makes Indiana the Crossroads of America.”