The local economy of Indiana and its counties, metro areas and cities, from official US government data, plus daily local gas prices for the state, its counties and metro areas.
Unemployment rate
3.3%
-0.4 ptsvs a year ago
Counties: lowest Pulaski County 2.7%, highest Lake County 4.8%.
August 2026, seasonally adjusted, preliminary
Average weekly pay
$1,356
+2.7%vs a year ago
3,160,699 jobs at 197,708 business locations.
Q1 2026, all jobs
New homes permitted
27,672
-8.6%this year vs last year
Most in Hamilton County 5,733, Tippecanoe County 1,719.
Homes in the last 12 months, to August 2026
People moving in
+4,366
+0.8 per 1,000residents
122,469 moved in and 118,103 moved out. Most newcomers came from Illinois.
Net people, 2022 to 2023, the newest year published
Indiana gas price
$3.92
+$1.01vs a year ago
Counties: lowest Dubois County $3.65, highest White County $4.00. Counties and metro areas
Regular, per gallon, Indiana, October 10, 2026
Newest data: -. Not seasonally adjusted: compare with the same month a year earlier. Click a row for the history of that area.
The state, its counties and metro areas, updated daily. A separate series from the weekly survey prices above.
Business locations, employees and payroll by industry, 2023. Click an industry for its US report.
Business locations
156K
+1.3%vs 2022
2023, places with paid employees
Employees
2.92M
+1.7%vs 2022
Largest sector: Manufacturing (17.9%).
2023, mid-March
Annual payroll
$168.2B
Wages and salaries paid during the year.
2023, all industries
Average pay
$57,497
Highest sector: Management of Companies and Enterprises $118,202.
Per employee per year
Share of Indiana's employees, 2023
| Industry | Employees | Average pay |
|---|---|---|
| Restaurants and Other Eating Places | 243,226 | $19,836 |
| Employment Services | 126,425 | $41,271 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | 120,642 | $69,060 |
| Offices of Physicians | 71,294 | $106,110 |
| General Merchandise Stores, including Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters | 65,750 | $28,534 |
| Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing | 61,185 | $64,968 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 55,876 | $118,202 |
| Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing | 51,930 | $60,046 |
| Warehousing and Storage | 51,626 | $51,027 |
| Building Equipment Contractors | 49,957 | $75,414 |
| Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) | 45,296 | $41,535 |
| Individual and Family Services | 44,429 | $31,106 |
Most values are changed slightly to protect the privacy of single businesses; a few are withheld and shown as a range. Counties and metro areas have the same numbers in the area card above (Industries).
Offered pay in certified work-visa filings, fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025). Click a company for its jobs and salaries.
In fiscal year 2025, employers offered a median of $95,243 a year in 5,304 certified H-1B filings for jobs in Indiana, up 5.8% from 2024 (US: $120,000). The largest job group was Software Developers. Fiscal year 2026 so far covers filings decided through Jun 30, 2026.
Median offered pay
$95,243
+5.8%vs 2024
Middle half: $80,000 to $119,285.
H-1B, fiscal year 2025
H-1B filings
5,304
+19.0%vs 2024
7,411 positions asked for.
Certified, full-time, fiscal year 2025
Top job group
$108,077
Software Developers, 887 filings.
Median offered pay of the largest job group
Green card jobs
$68,162
+23.0%vs 2024
1,367 PERM filings.
PERM median, fiscal year 2025
Median and middle half of the offers in Indiana, next to the US median. Hover a year for the numbers.
| Job group | Filings | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 887 | $108,077 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 465 | $92,230 |
| Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians | 457 | $84,500 |
| Industrial Engineers | 367 | $91,000 |
| Data Scientists | 231 | $90,000 |
| Electrical Engineers | 160 | $103,017 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 138 | $95,007 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 135 | $83,242 |
| Physicians, All Other | 115 | $261,040 |
| Statisticians | 84 | $137,737 |
| Employer | Filings | Cities |
|---|---|---|
| Cummins Inc. CMI | 591 | 7 |
| Eli Lilly and Company | 367 | 18 |
| Purdue University | 266 | 5 |
| Infosys Limited INFY | 185 | 7 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited TCS.NS | 174 | 7 |
| Indiana University Indianapolis | 134 | 3 |
| Indiana University | 123 | 6 |
| Indiana University Health Care Associates, Inc. | 103 | 14 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp. CTSH | 89 | 13 |
| Zimmer, Inc. | 70 | 5 |
| City | Filings | Median pay | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis | 1,766 | $95,243 | $80,350 to $118,354 |
| Columbus | 797 | $96,000 | $88,608 to $112,778 |
| West Lafayette | 276 | $92,956 | $65,046 to $117,747 |
| Carmel | 262 | $108,846 | $90,006 to $137,230 |
| Bloomington | 236 | $97,109 | $80,000 to $133,961 |
| Fort Wayne | 162 | $90,000 | $72,651 to $122,102 |
| Warsaw | 157 | $92,771 | $80,479 to $110,000 |
| Fishers | 126 | $113,204 | $95,243 to $140,000 |
| Lafayette | 106 | $90,000 | $79,295 to $108,962 |
| Evansville | 84 | $78,250 | $63,734 to $102,191 |
Yearly pay that employers offered in certified work-visa filings (H-1B, E-3 and PERM green card), from official public data. Pay is the lower end of the offered pay range, for full-time positions only. These are offered pay figures for positions in work-visa filings, not the pay of all employees. A filing is an offer for a position, not a hire, and one person can appear in several filings. Fiscal years run from October to September. Groups with fewer than 3 filings show counts only. Employers are ranked by filings in the cities of Indiana added up.
Declared disasters and flood insurance claims: what happened, from official public data.
Indiana has had 56 declared disasters and emergencies since 1954, 30 of them since 2000, most often Severe Storm. Flood insurance has paid $310.4 million on 19,787 claims since 1978; the biggest year was 2008 ($106.2 million).
Declared disasters
30
23 major disasters. Most often Severe Storm (25 since 1954).
Since 2000, all types; 56 since 1954
Flood claims paid
$53.4M
1,840 claims. Biggest year 2008 ($106.2M).
2016 to 2025, flood insurance
Policies in force
15,608
Average premium $952 a year.
2025, flood insurance policies
Most-declared county
19
Lake County, latest Aug 25, 2026.
Declarations since 2000
Declarations for Indiana, 1954 to today
Claims paid in Indiana by the year of the flood, US dollars
Declarations since 1954
Declarations naming the county since 2000; statewide ones not counted
All years since 1978; policies are a yearly average. Top 15 of 91.
| # | County | Claims | Paid | Policies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake County | 3,013 | $49.5M | 2,412 |
| 2 | Marion County | 2,309 | $18.9M | 4,327 |
| 3 | Clark County | 860 | $17.5M | 974 |
| 4 | Vigo County | 662 | $17.4M | 904 |
| 5 | Carroll County | 501 | $17.3M | 284 |
| 6 | Allen County | 1,673 | $15.8M | 977 |
| 7 | Bartholomew County | 506 | $15.0M | 722 |
| 8 | Johnson County | 454 | $12.6M | 603 |
| 9 | Howard County | 489 | $9.77M | 225 |
| 10 | Morgan County | 231 | $8.69M | 313 |
| 11 | Harrison County | 207 | $8.56M | 115 |
| 12 | Vanderburgh County | 821 | $7.46M | 947 |
| 13 | Hamilton County | 497 | $5.87M | 799 |
| 14 | Jefferson County | 246 | $5.51M | 139 |
| 15 | Brown County | 160 | $5.03M | 117 |
A declaration opens federal help after a disaster; it can name counties or the whole state. Flood insurance numbers count insured losses only (most homes have no flood insurance) and are not adjusted for inflation; the current year is data so far. For the flood-zone risk of a place, open the area on the real estate map.
Environmental compliance records, workplace safety inspections and greenhouse gas reports of facilities in Indiana, from official public data.
Official public data lists 8,472 facilities in Indiana with records since 2010, 8,366 of them with environmental compliance records. In 2022 to 2026, the largest penalties were at BP Products North America, INC. in Whiting ($32,257,035). 260 large facilities reported 108.6 million metric tons of greenhouse gases in 2023, down 7.5% from 2022.
Facilities with records
8,472
8,366 with environmental records.
Since 2010
Largest penalties
$32.3M
BP Products North America, INC., Whiting.
One facility, 2022 to 2026
Greenhouse gases
108.6M t
-7.5%vs 2022
260 reporting facilities.
Metric tons CO2e, 2023
Largest emitter
10.9M t
Oil Technology, Inc./U.S. Steel Gary, Gary.
Metric tons CO2e, 2023
| Facility | Penalties | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| BP Products North America, INC. Whiting | $32,257,035 | 24 |
| Arcelormittal LLC - Burns Harbor Facility Burns Harbor | $3,612,471 | 38 |
| National Starch LLC - Indianapolis Indianapolis | $1,730,600 | 9 |
| United Transportation Group East Chicago | $738,500 | 4 |
| Aurorium Indianapolis LLC Indianapolis | $580,791 | 9 |
| Global Xpress Parts LLC City of Elwood | $552,950 | 0 |
| Extra Power Performance LLC Carmel | $552,950 | 0 |
| Abf System, Inc.-Treatment Plant #1 Indianapolis | $535,000 | 0 |
| Abf Freight Systems, INC. Fort Wayne | $535,000 | 0 |
| Heritage-Crystal Clean LLC - Indianapolis Facility Indianapolis | $490,839 | 3 |
| Facility | Metric tons CO2e |
|---|---|
| Oil Technology, Inc./U.S. Steel Gary Gary | 10,928,816 |
| Gibson Generating Station Type I South Landfill Owensville | 8,268,672 |
| Arcelormittal LLC - Burns Harbor Facility Burns Harbor | 7,644,163 |
| Cleveland-Cliffs LLC East Chicago | 5,783,021 |
| Indiana Kentucky Electric Corporation - Clifty Creek Station Madison | 5,302,011 |
| BP Products North America, INC. Whiting | 5,222,371 |
| Indianapolis Power & Light Company (Also AES, Ipl Or Iplg) Petersburg | 4,879,129 |
| Alcoa INC - Warrick Operations Newburgh | 4,867,519 |
| Merom Sullivan | 4,641,576 |
| Cayuga Cayuga | 4,188,340 |
Large facilities in Indiana, metric tons of CO2 equivalent. Hover a year for the number.
Their facilities in Indiana, 2022 to 2026. Click a company for its Risk & Compliance tab.
| Company | Facilities | Penalties | CO2e (t) |
|---|---|---|---|
| BP p.l.c. BP | 1 | $32.3M | 5.22M |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. CLF | 7 | $4.02M | 14.3M |
| Green Plains Inc. GPRE | 1 | $266K | 134K |
| Winnebago Industries, Inc. WGO | 3 | $171K | - |
| FedEx Corporation FDX | 13 | $146K | - |
| Archer-Daniels-Midland Company ADM | 1 | $94K | 51K |
| Steel Dynamics, Inc. STLD | 10 | $74K | 1.62M |
| Valero Energy Corporation VLO | 3 | $62K | 569K |
Official public data on environmental compliance records, workplace safety inspections and greenhouse gas reports, summarized by facility and year since 2010. A record does not mean a site is unsafe today; penalties and violations vary a lot by industry and size. Penalties are the amounts assessed (after settlements), not amounts paid. Recent years can still change.
Cost, students and graduate earnings of the colleges in the state, from official public data.
The newest unemployment rate, pay, new home permits, moves and gas price for Indiana, updated as new official numbers come out.
Unemployment for Indiana is seasonally adjusted; for its counties, metro areas and cities it is not, so compare a month with the same month a year earlier. Pay covers all jobs that pay into unemployment insurance. Building permits count homes approved to be built, not homes sold. Moves count households by where they filed their tax returns in two years in a row. Daily gas prices are average pump prices for Indiana, its counties and metro areas on the day shown. The weekly gas prices in the explorer come from a separate weekly survey that publishes a price for only some states, so a state without one shows the price of its region there; the two series are never combined.
The unemployment rate in Indiana was 3.3% in August 2026 (seasonally adjusted, preliminary), compared with 3.7% a year earlier. 3,373,544 people were employed out of a labor force of 3,488,019. Among its counties, Pulaski County had the lowest rate (2.7%) and Lake County the highest (4.8%, not seasonally adjusted).
Average weekly pay in Indiana was $1,356 in Q1 2026, up 2.7% from a year earlier, across 3,160,699 jobs at 197,708 business locations.
Building permits were issued for 2,150 new homes in Indiana in August 2026 (1,891 single-family and 173 in buildings with 5 or more units). From January to August the total was 18,729, down 8.6% from the same months last year, and 27,672 in the last 12 months. The most homes were permitted in Hamilton County (5,733), Tippecanoe County (1,719), Marion County (1,542) over the last 12 months.
Yes. From 2022 to 2023, 122,469 people moved to Indiana and 118,103 moved away, a net gain of 4,366 (+0.8 per 1,000 residents). Most newcomers came from Illinois, Florida, Kentucky, and most people who left went to Illinois, Florida, Kentucky.
Regular gasoline in Indiana averaged $3.92 per gallon on October 10, 2026, up $1.01 from a year earlier. Diesel averaged $6.65. Among its counties, Dubois County had the lowest regular price ($3.65) and White County the highest ($4.00).
Manufacturing (524,995 employees), Health Care and Social Assistance (465,689 employees), Retail Trade (335,879 employees) were the largest sectors in Indiana in 2023. In all, 155,692 business locations employed 2,924,989 people at an average pay of $57,497 a year.
$95,243 a year was the median pay offered in 5,304 certified H-1B filings for jobs in Indiana in fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), up 5.8% from 2024. The middle half of the offers ranged from $80,000 to $119,285. The US median was $120,000. These are offered pay figures in work-visa filings, not the pay of all workers.
Cummins Inc. (591), Eli Lilly and Company (367), Purdue University (266), Infosys Limited (185), Tata Consultancy Services Limited (174) had the most certified H-1B filings for jobs in Indiana in fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025).
Software Developers (887 filings, median $108,077), Mechanical Engineers (465 filings, median $92,230), Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians (457 filings, median $84,500) were the largest job groups in certified H-1B filings in Indiana in fiscal year 2025.
$113,204 was the median offered pay in Fishers, the highest among the Indiana cities with the most H-1B filings in fiscal year 2025 (126 filings).
$68,162 a year was the median pay offered in 1,367 certified PERM green card filings for jobs in Indiana in fiscal year 2025.
56 disasters and emergencies have been declared for Indiana since 1954, 30 of them since 2000 (23 major disasters). The most common type is Severe Storm (25 declarations).
Lake County, with 19 declarations since 2000, followed by Owen County (17) and Vanderburgh County (17). Statewide declarations are not counted for single counties.
$310.4 million on 19,787 flood insurance claims since 1978. The biggest year was 2008, with $106.2 million paid on 3,288 claims. Lake County received the most ($49.5 million).
$952 a year in 2025, across 15,608 flood insurance policies in Indiana. Most homes have no flood insurance; the premium depends on the home's flood risk and coverage.