Is Indiana moving in the right direction?
Do we provide opportunities for good jobs – jobs that offer middle-class wages? It’s more urgent and important than ever to focus our efforts on strengthening Indiana’s economy and workforce and to move in the right direction. The Indiana GPS Project is a comprehensive statistical resource to help identify new paths to sustainable regional prosperity, for generations to come.
Navigating the Numbers
Indiana Overview
From its agricultural and automotive roots to its 21st century strengths in advanced industries like life sciences, advanced manufacturing and engineering, these Indiana drivers are a critical component of not just the U.S. economy, but are contributors to the global marketplace. Low education attainment rates, market forces, technology disruption, COVID-19’s impact and other factors are currently challenging Indiana’s growth and productivity.
Indiana’s competitive advantage in advanced manufacturing has eroded
The state is producing too few “good jobs”
Share of workers by job type
Indiana, 2013-17
Low-wage jobs
Good jobs (sub-BA)
Good jobs (BA+)
Number of jobs by job type
Indiana
2008-13
2013-17
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