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County Employment and Wages in Indiana — Fourth Quarter 2025

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County Employment and Wages in Indiana - Fourth Quarter 2025

Employment rose in 5 of the 9 largest counties in Indiana from December 2024 to December 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that Hendricks County (+1.9 percent) had the largest over-the-year increase in employment. (See chart 1 and table 1.)

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in covered employment among the largest counties in Indiana, December 2025
County Percent change, December 2025

Hendricks

1.9

Elkhart

1.5

Hamilton

1.5

St. Joseph

0.8

Allen

0.4

Lake

-0.3

Marion

-0.3

Vanderburgh

-0.4

Tippecanoe

-1.1

Marion County (625,600) had the highest employment level in Indiana in December 2025. Together, the nine largest counties accounted for 53.7 percent of total covered employment within the state. Nationwide, the 372 largest counties comprise 73.4 percent of total covered employment in the United States. (Large counties and county equivalents are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2024.)

Large county average weekly wages in the fourth quarter 2025

Average weekly wage gains in 5 of 9 large counties in Indiana were above the national average of 4.2 percent. (See chart 2.) St. Joseph had the largest gain (+6.1 percent). Over-the-year wage gains among the other eight large Indiana counties ranged from 5.9 percent to 2.4 percent.

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Chart 2. Over-the-year percent change in covered average weekly wages among the largest counties in Indiana, fourth quarter 2025
County Percent change, fourth quarter 2025

St. Joseph

6.1

Elkhart

5.9

Allen

5.5

Marion

5.1

Hamilton

4.5

Tippecanoe

3.7

Lake

3.5

Vanderburgh

2.8

Hendricks

2.4

Weekly wages in all nine large counties in Indiana were below the national average of $1,569. Average weekly wages ranged from $1,539 in Marion to $1,083 in Hendricks.

Smaller county average weekly wages in the fourth quarter of 2025

Employment and wage levels (but not over-the-year changes) are also available for the 83 smaller counties in Indiana, defined as having employment below 75,000 in 2024. (See table 2.) Wage levels in all smaller counties were below the national average. Martin reported the highest average weekly wage ($1,554) in the state. Ohio reported the lowest average weekly wage ($806).

Among all 92 Indiana counties, 16 reported average weekly wages less than $975, 21 had wages from $975 to $1,049, 22 had wages from $1,050 to $1,124, 12 had wages from $1,125 to $1,199, and 21 had average weekly wages of $1,200 or higher. (See map 1 and table 2.)

Map 1. Average weekly wages by county in Indiana, fourth quarter 2025

(U.S. average = $1,569)


Additional statistics and other information

QCEW data for states have been included in this release in table 3.

Nationwide coverage of the largest counties is published in the County Employment and Wages news release. Additional information about quarterly employment and wages data is available in the news release Technical Note and from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages website.

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The County Employment and Wages release for the first quarter 2026 is scheduled to be released on Friday, August 28, 2026.

Table 1. Covered establishments, employment, and wages in the United States and the nine largest counties in Indiana, fourth quarter 2025
Area Establishments,
fourth quarter
(thousands) 		Employment Average weekly wage (1)
December 2025
(thousands) 		Percent change,
December
2024-25 (2) 		National ranking
by percent change (3) 		Fourth quarter
2025 ($) 		National ranking
by level (3) 		Percent change,
fourth quarter
2024-25 (2) 		National ranking
by percent change (3)

United States (4)

12,428.4 156,700.2 0.2 -- 1,569 -- 4.2 --

Indiana

195.6 3,211.2 0.1 -- 1,276 40 4.5 17

Allen

10.8 201.4 0.4 107 1,238 295 5.5 54

Elkhart

5.4 128.2 1.5 39 1,276 266 5.9 35

Hamilton

13.8 169.5 1.5 39 1,454 147 4.5 128

Hendricks

4.5 84.0 1.9 23 1,083 360 2.4 309

Lake

12.2 192.5 -0.3 208 1,257 278 3.5 246

Marion

29.0 625.6 -0.3 208 1,539 97 5.1 79

St. Joseph

6.8 123.2 0.8 76 1,242 292 6.1 30

Tippecanoe

4.4 92.4 -1.1 314 1,236 297 3.7 232

Vanderburgh

5.2 107.9 -0.4 221 1,183 326 2.8 294

Footnotes:
(1) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(2) Percent changes were computed from employment and pay data adjusted for noneconomic county reclassifications.
(3) Ranking does not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
(4) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.

Note: Data are preliminary. Dashes indicate data not applicable or available. Covered employment and wages include workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.

Table 2. Covered establishments, employment, and wages in the United States and all counties in Indiana, fourth quarter 2025
Area Establishments Employment December 2025 Average weekly wage ($) (1)

United States (2)

12,428,415 156,700,218 1,569

Indiana

195,627 3,211,183 1,276

Adams

796 13,033 1,014

Allen

10,780 201,449 1,238

Bartholomew

2,158 49,661 1,393

Benton

214 2,041 1,102

Blackford

251 2,846 968

Boone

2,703 50,404 1,191

Brown

364 3,175 857

Carroll

443 5,562 1,104

Cass

746 14,044 1,085

Clark

3,275 61,632 1,132

Clay

527 7,438 907

Clinton

641 11,307 1,135

Crawford

169 1,956 865

Daviess

998 13,202 1,092

Dearborn

1,242 15,739 1,065

Decatur

726 13,545 1,211

DeKalb

1,124 21,475 1,289

Delaware

2,397 44,484 1,057

Dubois

1,411 27,983 1,159

Elkhart

5,382 128,180 1,276

Fayette

420 5,689 907

Floyd

2,144 33,502 1,154

Fountain

370 4,670 970

Franklin

370 4,556 963

Fulton

476 6,254 1,029

Gibson

809 21,651 1,393

Grant

1,298 27,382 1,016

Greene

617 6,577 923

Hamilton

13,752 169,459 1,454

Hancock

2,136 30,756 1,158

Harrison

775 10,246 1,006

Hendricks

4,481 84,046 1,083

Henry

921 14,020 1,025

Howard

1,935 35,165 1,257

Huntington

1,010 13,639 1,044

Jackson

1,053 22,121 1,208

Jasper

874 11,275 1,025

Jay

432 7,021 1,044

Jefferson

739 12,779 1,093

Jennings

467 7,943 1,034

Johnson

4,312 68,569 1,045

Knox

951 16,717 1,105

Kosciusko

2,194 35,435 1,129

Lagrange

1,071 14,449 1,126

Lake

12,210 192,535 1,257

LaPorte

2,531 40,024 1,090

Lawrence

918 14,200 974

Madison

2,578 40,208 1,016

Marion

29,001 625,634 1,539

Marshall

1,174 19,514 1,103

Martin

300 7,908 1,554

Miami

636 9,131 1,027

Monroe

3,567 68,474 1,101

Montgomery

930 15,866 1,199

Morgan

1,413 15,462 1,067

Newton

295 3,236 985

Noble

1,010 16,563 1,030

Ohio

92 1,068 806

Orange

405 7,466 933

Owen

444 5,086 1,129

Parke

326 3,327 926

Perry

398 6,214 1,111

Pike

219 2,596 1,322

Porter

4,344 64,504 1,244

Posey

574 8,418 1,354

Pulaski

350 6,821 1,270

Putnam

768 12,875 1,053

Randolph

584 7,080 1,080

Ripley

810 11,040 1,069

Rush

434 4,845 1,047

St. Joseph

6,752 123,207 1,242

Scott

433 8,301 975

Shelby

1,038 19,047 1,163

Spencer

498 6,091 1,059

Starke

342 4,144 921

Steuben

1,042 16,076 1,027

Sullivan

363 5,696 1,074

Switzerland

152 1,617 860

Tippecanoe

4,354 92,398 1,236

Tipton

347 4,576 1,114

Union

157 1,644 863

Vanderburgh

5,235 107,896 1,183

Vermillion

296 4,660 1,228

Vigo

2,537 47,007 1,090

Wabash

796 12,056 1,032

Warren

171 1,983 1,118

Warrick

1,427 18,063 1,281

Washington

487 5,571 913

Wayne

1,491 29,464 1,017

Wells

712 11,247 1,048

White

712 8,711 1,024

Whitley

765 14,286 1,212

Footnotes:
(1) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(2) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.

Note: Data are preliminary. Dashes indicate data not applicable or available. Covered employment and wages include workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.

Table 3. Covered establishments, employment, and wages by state, fourth quarter 2025
State Establishments,
fourth quarter
(thousands) 		Employment Average weekly wage (1)
December 2025
(thousands) 		Percent change,
December
2024-25 		Fourth quarter
2025 ($) 		National ranking
by level 		Percent change,
fourth quarter
2024-25 		National ranking
by percent change

United States (2)

12,428.4 156,700.2 0.2 1,569 -- 4.2 --

Alabama

167.4 2,135.3 0.5 1,301 36 3.7 37

Alaska

25.3 317.3 -0.3 1,497 16 4.7 14

Arizona

227.4 3,278.3 0.0 1,446 20 3.0 47

Arkansas

113.0 1,318.2 0.4 1,213 49 5.0 8

California

2,013.7 18,351.7 0.6 1,954 4 4.6 16

Colorado

258.5 2,896.4 -0.6 1,683 8 5.6 3

Connecticut

149.8 1,706.5 0.1 1,801 6 5.0 8

Delaware

47.3 481.0 0.1 1,502 15 4.7 14

District of Columbia

51.0 726.1 -4.5 2,587 1 4.1 24

Florida

886.2 10,013.2 0.3 1,471 17 4.8 12

Georgia

398.7 4,925.4 0.1 1,440 21 3.5 40

Hawaii

63.0 650.0 -0.2 1,411 25 5.0 8

Idaho

104.3 875.7 1.8 1,303 35 5.8 2

Illinois

387.7 6,089.5 -0.1 1,588 11 3.3 42

Indiana

195.6 3,211.2 0.1 1,276 40 4.5 17

Iowa

110.6 1,560.0 -0.2 1,282 39 3.7 37

Kansas

101.8 1,443.2 -0.1 1,268 44 4.1 24

Kentucky

161.3 2,008.7 -0.1 1,235 46 3.8 34

Louisiana

159.2 1,927.3 -0.5 1,267 45 3.2 44

Maine

67.6 644.7 -0.1 1,332 33 4.2 21

Maryland

199.5 2,754.6 -1.1 1,616 10 3.0 47

Massachusetts

298.5 3,625.5 -0.9 1,980 2 4.9 11

Michigan

316.9 4,412.7 0.0 1,427 23 4.2 21

Minnesota

215.2 2,948.0 0.0 1,505 14 3.7 37

Mississippi

92.2 1,180.9 0.3 1,075 51 5.1 7

Missouri

259.9 2,920.8 -0.1 1,324 34 4.4 18

Montana

62.3 512.3 -0.1 1,296 38 3.3 42

Nebraska

78.5 1,024.0 -0.2 1,275 42 4.0 31

Nevada

111.0 1,592.1 1.7 1,395 27 3.2 44

New Hampshire

67.9 688.8 -0.6 1,652 9 4.8 12

New Jersey

343.1 4,343.1 0.2 1,691 7 3.9 33

New Mexico

69.7 875.3 -0.3 1,275 42 4.1 24

New York

719.1 9,907.5 0.4 1,975 3 5.4 4

North Carolina

392.1 4,991.1 0.9 1,409 26 3.8 34

North Dakota

37.0 430.4 -0.2 1,350 31 2.7 49

Ohio

348.5 5,554.4 0.0 1,358 30 4.1 24

Oklahoma

129.3 1,717.1 0.1 1,217 48 4.1 24

Oregon

177.9 1,975.8 -1.0 1,468 19 3.2 44

Pennsylvania

398.1 6,094.8 0.2 1,470 18 4.0 31

Rhode Island

49.1 500.3 -0.1 1,429 22 6.0 1

South Carolina

192.4 2,344.7 1.5 1,276 40 4.3 20

South Dakota

41.2 458.9 -0.2 1,230 47 4.1 24

Tennessee

225.2 3,281.6 -0.3 1,424 24 3.8 34

Texas

860.8 14,255.2 0.8 1,549 13 4.2 21

Utah

144.6 1,761.6 1.4 1,389 28 4.1 24

Vermont

34.5 309.3 -0.9 1,378 29 5.3 5

Virginia

324.0 4,166.9 0.5 1,585 12 2.6 50

Washington

242.1 3,590.3 -0.3 1,948 5 2.4 51

West Virginia

62.8 698.3 -0.6 1,203 50 3.5 40

Wisconsin

213.9 2,946.2 -0.1 1,346 32 5.3 5

Wyoming

31.7 278.4 -0.8 1,297 37 4.4 18

Puerto Rico

53.5 974.7 -0.2 735 (3) 2.8 (3)

Virgin Islands

3.0 34.7 0.3 1,068 (3) 2.7 (3)

Footnotes:
(1) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(2) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
(3) Data not included in the national ranking.

Note: Data are preliminary. Dashes indicate data not applicable or available. Covered employment and wages include workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.

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