employment

According to new preliminary data. Indiana's unemployment rate for February stood at 4.3 percent.

Each report uses the previous month’s preliminary employment data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, such as the unemployment and labor force participation rates. And even though much of the data in the reports are estimates, they’re often the best available numbers.

Though the state’s unemployment rate remains high, the percentage of working-age people in Indiana who have jobs, or are actively looking for work, increased to 63.4 percent — a measure that has increased for the fifth month in a row.

New preliminary data shows the rate continues to rise above the national average.

In September, Indiana's private employment peaked with over 2.8 million jobs reported.

The U.S. Department of Labor awarded more than $200 million in training and career services grants to 20 organizations across the country – including one in Indiana.

More than 40,000 Hoosiers have lost jobs in the last seven months, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

An Indianapolis-based veterans assistance organization recently expanded its employment services to west central Indiana.

The percentage of working-age people in Indiana who have jobs, or are actively looking for work, is at 62.5 percent — the lowest it's been since November 2021.

That’s as the state’s unemployment rate has been unchanged for seven months in a row.