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Indiana jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Indiana’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. 4,019 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 35 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

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Indiana economy

  • 3.4%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.7% the month before

  • 3,490,597

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 6,811,752

    people in Indiana

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $70,051

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 37%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Indiana outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

  • Private-sector jobs up 1.9% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 2.7% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.7%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+40,696 jobs), construction (+15,553 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−23,635 jobs), admin & staffing (−18,582 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Indiana. Each link goes to the publisher.

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Indiana layoffs

  • 35

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 5,452

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 35

    employers

Layoff notices filed in Indiana, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Dexter AxleTakes effect Dec 31, 2026Elkhart51—State record
MPL Intermediate, LLCTakes effect Dec 28, 2026Fairland60—State record
American Woodmark CorporationTakes effect Dec 5, 2026Gas City207—State record
ZF Active Safety & Electronics US LLCTakes effect Nov 30, 2026Lafayette133—State record
PMG IndianaTakes effect Dec 31, 2026Columbus150—State record
Packaging Corporation of AmericaTakes effect Nov 2, 2026Gas City72—State record
Postal Center International IncTakes effect Aug 13, 2026Brownsburg151—State record
Owens CorningTakes effect Sep 19, 2026Walkerton130—State record
Forest River, Inc.Takes effect Sep 17, 2026Bristol105—State record
Thyssenkrupp Presta North AmericaTakes effect Mar 31, 2027Terre Haute207—State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Indiana

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. State of Indiana104 open roles
  2. Amazon64 open roles
  3. Creative Financial Staffing51 open roles
  4. Bunge Global41 open roles
  5. BAE Systems37 open roles
  6. Masco36 open roles
  7. Lippert (LCI Industries)35 open roles
  8. Carvana32 open roles
  9. Holder Construction30 open roles
  10. RTX28 open roles
  11. L3HARRIS Technologies24 open roles
  12. V2X24 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Indiana

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Indiana

  • 57

    public and private non-profit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 372,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Indiana

Largest colleges in Indiana
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Ball State UniversityMunciePublic 4-year20,000+
Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomingtonPublic 4-year20,000+
Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolisPublic 4-year20,000+
Purdue University GlobalWest LafayettePublic 4-year20,000+
Purdue University-Main CampusWest LafayettePublic 4-year20,000+
Indiana Wesleyan University-National & GlobalMarionPrivate non-profit 4-year10,000–19,999
University of Notre DameNotre DamePrivate non-profit 4-year10,000–19,999
Vincennes UniversityVincennesPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Butler UniversityIndianapolisPrivate non-profit 4-year5,000–9,999
Indiana State UniversityTerre HautePublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Purdue University Fort WayneFort WaynePublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Purdue University NorthwestHammondPublic 4-year5,000–9,999

All 57 Indiana colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Indiana. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Indiana? How to file for unemployment in Indiana (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

71 American Job Centers in Indiana

Job fairs and business events in Indiana

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Indiana.

Conferences in Indiana

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Indiana, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 24 with dates announced.

Showing 24 of 32 conferences, 24 with dates announced.

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Indiana counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Show all 92

Indiana cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Show all 140

Laid off or looking for work in Indiana?

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See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; layoff notices from Indiana’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Indiana unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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