State labor officials say Indiana is riding a historic labor trend right now.
Indiana Department of Workforce Development spokesperson Joe Frank says the state's labor force is growing faster than any other state in the Midwest.
The state reached historic peak employment levels in July — levels not seen since March 2000.
Indiana's average wages are also rising faster than the national average with the labor force participation rate remaining 1 percent above the national average.
Frank says private sector employment exceeded 2.6 million in July.
He says unemployment insurance claims holding steady at around 20,000 are also at their lowest levels since 1994 in Indiana.