April Indiana Employment Report

Friday, May 21, 2021 at 4:30 PM

By Indiana Workforce Press Release

Unemployment Numbers For State & National Numbers

INDIANAPOLIS (May 21, 2021) – Indiana’s unemployment rate stands at 3.9 percent for April, and the national rate is 6.1 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 145 over the previous month. This was a result of an increase of 955 unemployed residents and a decrease of 810 employed residents. 

Indiana's total labor force, which includes both Hoosiers employed and those seeking employment, stands at 3.34 million, and the state’s 63.1 percent labor force participation rate remains 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.

April 2021 Employment Charts

 

Employment by Sector

Private sector employment has increased by 362,400 over the year and decreased by 600 over the previous month. The monthly decrease is primarily due to losses in the Construction (-2,300) and the Leisure and Hospitality (-800) sectors. Losses were offset by gains in the Manufacturing (1,300) and the Private Educational and Health Services (1,300) sectors. Total private employment stands at 2,622,300, which is 118,200 below the new December 2019 peak.

 

Midwest Unemployment Rates

April 2021 Midwest Unemployment Rates

 

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