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Your Guide to Indiana Workforce Insights

Indiana Workforce Insights
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT

Advanced Manufacturing

Indiana is the most manufacturing-intensive state in the nation, employing more than 840,000 workers state-wide and accounting for 37% of Indiana’s economic output. 

Indiana Workforce Insights

$151B

economic impact to the state’s GDP.

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25%

of jobs in Indiana are Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics jobs.

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INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT

Agbioscience

Indiana’s agbioscience sector employs 147,075 people and generates $22.7 billion in gross domestic product.

Indiana Workforce Insights

147K

jobs in agbioscience across Indiana.

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$69.6B

in economic impact on the state.

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INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT

Life Sciences

Indiana is one of the top regions in the U.S. for life sciences activity, gaining national recognition for our sector’s impact on transforming global health. 

Indiana Workforce Insights

70K

are employed in life sciences state-wide.

Source:

$148K

average life sciences wage in Indiana.

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INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT

Tech

From global giants to local startups, tech businesses thrive in Indiana, pulling from our deep pool of highly educated, highly trained talent. 

Indiana Workforce Insights

$53B

in economic activity.

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121K

tech workers are employed across Indiana.

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Indiana Workforce Insights

Indiana Insights

Our Advanced Industry Dashboard, created by CEOs of Indiana Corporate Partnership, highlights the impact of Indiana’s critical advanced industries through key datapoints. This dashboard will be updated with data aggregated and analyzed by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.

Workforce Insights

Medical Assistant Talent Pipeline Replication Guide

The Medical Assistant Talent Pipeline Replication Guide is a strategic resource developed to help hospital systems address critical workforce shortages by building a reliable pipeline of qualified, work-ready Medical Assistants (MAs).
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Short-Term Credentials in Indiana

Short-Term Credentials in Indiana: Executive Summary of RAND’s Examination of Student Outcomes

RAND’s report—Examining Short-Term Credentials and Student Outcomes in Indiana.
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Ascend Indiana Strategic Plan

Ascend Indiana Strategic Plan

This strategic plan reveals our vision and a roadmap for the future.
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State of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Workforce in Indiana

Recruiting and retaining talent who make life-saving medicine.
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Indiana's Evolving Labor Market Full Report

Indiana’s Evolving Labor Market Full Report

Full Report – Indiana’s Evolving Labor Market: How the Pandemic has Accelerated Misalignment in Talent Supply and Demand 2022
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Indiana's Evolving Labor Market Summary

Indiana’s Evolving Labor Market Executive Summary

Executive Summary – Indiana’s Evolving Labor Market: How the Pandemic has Accelerated Misalignment in Talent Supply and Demand 2022
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Central Intermediaries

Aspire Johnson County

Supports work-based learning by linking schools and more than 165 local employers to create hands-on opportunities that help students explore and pursue regional career pathways.
Counties Served: Johnson, Marion
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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East Central Educational Service Center (ECESC)

Provides regional coordination, tools, and training to help schools implement consistent and high-quality work-based learning programs.
Counties Served: Bartholomew, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison, Randolph, Rush, Shelby, Union, Wayne
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Eastern Indiana Works (EIW)

Engages employers, offers workforce insights, and partners with schools to expand student access to work-based learning experiences.
Counties Served: Blackford, Delaware, Fayette, Henry, Jay, Randolph, Rush, Union, Wayne
Supporting: Employers
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EmployIndy

Located in Indianapolis, EmployIndy develops career-connected learning systems in Marion County by coordinating employer engagement, work-based learning programming, and youth career pathways.
Counties Served: Marion
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Greater Muncie Chamber of Commerce

Serves as a bridge between businesses and schools to promote internships, employer partnerships, and hands-on learning opportunities.
Counties Served: Delaware
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Hendricks College Network (HCN)

Connects schools, employers, and community partners—facilitating ongoing collaborations, coordinating a range of employer involvement opportunities, and providing support to help schools track and manage work-based learning experiences.
Counties Served: Hendricks
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Invest Hamilton County

Works with employers and schools to connect schools and students to employers offering high-quality work-based learning experiences.
Counties Served: Hamilton
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce

Leads countywide coordination of work-based learning by unifying schools, employers, and partners to streamline student placements and employer onboarding.
Counties Served: Wayne
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Southern Intermediaries

E-REP (Evansville Regional Economic Partnership)

Counties Served: Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce

Connects local employers with schools to encourage internships, career exploration, and collaborative work-based learning initiatives.
Counties Served: Monroe
Supporting: Employers
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Hub19

Connects high school students and schools with local employers through career exploration, internships, and hands-on work-based learning experiences.
Counties Served: Dubois
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Regional Opportunity Initiatives (ROI)

Located in Bloomington, ROI helps schools and employers throughout their region understand evolving requirements, building partner capacity, fostering regional connections, and coordinating programs that offer students meaningful career-aligned experiences.
Counties Served: Brown, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Orange, Owen, Washington
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Southern Indiana Education Center (SIEC)

Supports educators through training, resources, and collaboration structures that help schools and employers organize work-based learning.
Counties Served: Clay, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Orange, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Sullivan, Vanderburgh, Warrick
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Southern Indiana Works (SIW, Workforce Region 10)

Engages employers and develops talent initiatives that connect students to meaningful work experiences aligned with regional workforce needs.
Counties Served: Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, Washington
Supporting: Employers
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Southwest Indiana Workforce Board (SWIN)

Partners with businesses and schools to expand student access to industry-aligned work-based learning programs.
Counties Served: Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick
Supporting: Employers
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Northern Intermediaries

Center of Workforce Innovations (CWI)

Coordinates employer relationships, talent programs, and school partnerships to strengthen work-based learning throughout Northwest Indiana.
Counties Served: Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, Starke
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Grow Allen

Supports work-based learning by coordinating student internships and work-based tours, connecting schools with local businesses, and partnering with community organizations to expand training pathways while collaboratively helping partners strengthen their work-based learning efforts.
Counties Served: Allen
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Horizon Education Alliance (HEA)

Partners with schools and employers to provide high school students with career exploration and hands-on work-based learning opportunities.
Counties Served: Elkhart
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Northeast Indiana Workforce Board (NEINW)

Supports regional talent pipelines by linking businesses with schools and promoting work-based learning as part of workforce development.
Counties Served: Adams, Allen, Grant, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, Whitley
Supporting: Employers
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Region 8 Education Service Center of Northeast Indiana (R8ESC)

Provides training, coordination, data support, and shared tools to help schools implement and scale consistent work-based learning practices across the region.
Counties Served: Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Kosciusko, Madison, Miami, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, Whitley
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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South Bend Regional Chamber

Coordinates employer partnerships, student programming, and large-scale work-based learning initiatives to connect youth with regional career pathways.
Counties Served: St. Joseph
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