Indiana unemployment steady at 3.6% in July

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Indiana’s unemployment rate stayed flat at 3.6% in July. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development said Tuesday that the state added 7,000 private sector jobs in the same month.

The July unemployment report comes after six consecutive months of the state’s unemployment rate decreasing.

The DWD said Indiana’s total private employment stands at 2,855,200. Indiana primarily saw job gains in the private, educational and health services; trade, transportation and utilities; construction; profession