Indiana’s unemployment rate fell to 5.8 percent last month, according to a report from Inside Indiana Business. The unemployment rate has gone down by 2.4 percentage points during the past two years, and the labor force has grown by approximately 72,000 individuals. It continues to be almost 1 percent higher than the national ?average and has been for a year, according to the release.
Private sector employment in Indiana declined by 800 individuals. A 5,200-job decrease in the professional and business services sector was balanced by an increase of 1,900 jobs in the trade, transportation and utilities sector as well as a 1,300 job bump in the manufacturing sector.
Emily Ernsberger
