Indiana Quarterly Workforce Report Q3 2016

After reaching a record high in Q2 2016, online ads for advanced manufacturing jobs related to lightweighting in Indiana decreased nearly 20 percent between Q2 and Q3. Hoosier advanced manufacturing employers posted 14,434 online job ads for related occupations during Q3 2016, down from 17,910 in Q2. The 14,000 postings is still 13% higher than the 12,764 online job postings seen in Q3 2015, a year ago. Meanwhile, employment in the 140 occupations used in this analysis continues to grow since a recession low of 424,000 workers in 2009. There are 505,370 Indiana workers employed in advanced manufacturing jobs related to lightweighting in 2016, marking the sixth consecutive year of employment growth.