Indiana Unemployment Still Lower Than National Average

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INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s unemployment rate stands at 3.3 percent for June and remains lower than the national rate of 4.0 percent.

Except for one month when it was equal (October 2014), Indiana’s unemployment rate now has been below the U.S. rate for more than four years.

Indiana’s labor force had a net increase of 14,948 over the previous month. This was a result of a 3,785 increase in unemployed residents and an increase of 11,163 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 64.6 percent labor force participation rate remains above the national rate of 62.9 percent (through June 2018) and the BLS Midwest States’ average rate of 62.6 percent (through May 2018).

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