Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Indianapolis-Carmel, IN MSA · October 2026
Every advertised-pay, job-posting and industry figure in this briefing comes from WageScape's own database of active job postings. The sources below back the external facts cited in the written analysis.
Sources cited in this report
Key Indicators
Indiana unemployment rate held at 3.3%, lowest since May 2023
Indiana Department of Workforce Development — State labor market announcement, September 2026
This Month's Takeaways
Givaudan $215 million investment in Dearborn County creating 250+ jobs
Indiana Economic Development Corporation — State economic development announcement
Local Economic Conditions
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson MSA unemployment rate trend April-June 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Metro-level unemployment data, local area unemployment statistics
Marion County average weekly wage up 4.6% year-over-year Q3 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics — Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Marion County
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% annual increase in September
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National employment situation report, September 2026
Looking Ahead
PMG Indiana and Packaging Corporation of America WARN notices
Indiana WARN Act Notices — State WARN filing records, Aug-Sept 2026
How the numbers are calculated
- Advertised pay is the median of the pay ranges employers publish in active job postings in this metro. It is not survey or payroll data.
- Percent changes compare the latest six full months with the six months before that, for the same metro and sector.
- Sectors group postings by the employer's industry (NAICS) classification into ten sectors. Where a metro has too few postings in a sector, the state figure is used instead.
- Role pay trends use the same comparison windows. "Stable" means a change of less than 3%; "moderate" 3–10%; "significant" more than 10%.
Official data for comparison