Marion County · Indiana
Indianapolis, IN jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Indianapolis, IN earn a median of $40,866 a year, 8% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 5.2% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 22.6% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $40,866#61 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 5.2%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 68%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 441,777Civilian employed, age 16+
What Indianapolis does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance22.6%
- Professional, scientific & management12.6%
- Retail trade11.5%
- Manufacturing11%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities8.5%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food8.5%
- Finance, insurance & real estate6.4%
- Construction6.2%
- Other services, except public administration4.4%
- Public administration4.1%
- Wholesale trade2.6%
- Information1.3%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.4%
Related data for Indianapolis
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.