August Indiana Employment Report 

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    All key sectors, unemployment rate continue to recover

    INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 18, 2020) – Indiana’s unemployment rate drops to 6.4 percent for August, and the national rate is 8.4 percent. The monthly unemployment rate is a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicator that reflects the number of unemployed people seeking employment within the prior four weeks as a percentage of the labor force.

    Indiana’s labor force had a net increase of 41,752 over the previous month. This was a result of a decrease of 46,693 unemployed residents and an increase of 88,445 employed residents. Indiana’s total labor force, which includes both Hoosiers employed and those seeking employment, stands at 3.36 million, and the state’s 63.5 percent labor force participation rate is above the national rate of 61.7 percent.

    Learn more about how unemployment rates are calculated here: http://www.hoosierdata.in.gov/infographics/employment-status.asp.

    August 2020 Employment Charts

    Employment by Sector

    Private sector employment has decreased by 103,000 over the year and increased by 32,700 over the previous month. The monthly increase is primarily due to gains in the Trade, Transportation and Utilities (7,200), the Private Education and Health Services (6,300) and the Professional and Business Services (6,000) sectors. Total private employment stands at 2,631,000, which is 118,300 below the January 2019 peak.

    Midwest Unemployment Rates

    August 2020 Midwest Unemployment Rates

      

    EDITOR’S NOTES:

    Data are sourced from August Current Employment Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics – U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

    August employment data for Indiana Counties, Cities and MSAs will be available Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, at noon (Eastern) pending U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics validation.