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

Indiana’s unemployment rate is 3.3%. 3,837 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 34 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

Indiana economy

  • 3.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.7% the month before

  • 3,488,019

    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 layoffs

  • 34

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 5,390

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 34

    employers

WARN notices filed in Indiana, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
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
ConduentTakes effect Aug 28, 2026—7—State record
Snyder’s-Lance, Inc d/b/a Campbell SnacksTakes effect Sep 15, 2026Jeffersonville111—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. Eli Lilly and Company150 open roles
  2. Creative Financial Staffing103 open roles
  3. Amazon67 open roles
  4. Allegion40 open roles
  5. Bunge Global39 open roles
  6. Masco38 open roles
  7. BAE Systems34 open roles
  8. Amcor32 open roles
  9. Holder Construction32 open roles
  10. V2X31 open roles
  11. Lippert (LCI Industries)30 open roles
  12. RTX27 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 nonprofit 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 nonprofit 4-year10,000–19,999
University of Notre DameNotre DamePrivate nonprofit 4-year10,000–19,999
Vincennes UniversityVincennesPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Butler UniversityIndianapolisPrivate nonprofit 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.

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. 23 with dates announced.

Showing 24 of 29 conferences, 23 with dates announced.

All conferences

Indiana counties

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

Indiana cities

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

Laid off or looking for work in Indiana?

See what to do first, what Indiana unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN 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.