Rush County, IN

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Industry employment is tabulated as jobs by place-of-work. Keep in mind that people may hold multiple jobs and that each job is counted by its industry.

Average Employment by Sector
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	5 Year Change	5 Year % Change
Total Employment	4,609	4,767	4,813	4,848	4,901	292	6.34%
Total Private Employment	3,565	3,691	3,730	3,777	3,805	240	6.73%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	114	104	106	106	111	-3	-2.63%
Mining	D	D	D	D	D	6	N/A
Construction	216	236	260	326	323	107	49.54%
Manufacturing	968	984	963	932	983	15	1.55%
Wholesale Trade	163	171	184	202	205	42	25.77%
Retail Trade	533	532	591	616	626	93	17.45%
Transport. and Warehousing	271	276	301	328	363	92	33.95%
Utilities	D	D	D	D	D	49	N/A
Information	D	D	61	D	D	52	N/A
Finance and Insurance	107	103	97	92	84	-23	-21.50%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	11	12	14	13	12	1	9.09%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	135	137	132	144	116	-19	-14.07%
Mgmt. of Companies	39	41	40	35	34	-5	-12.82%
Admin. and Waste Services	89	90	92	83	85	-4	-4.49%
Educational Services	D	D	54	44	39	39	N/A
Health Care and Social Assistance	290	293	284	262	267	-23	-7.93%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	15	24	24	26	20	5	33.33%
Accommodation and Food Service	338	392	323	310	282	-56	-16.57%
Other Services	120	133	147	152	149	29	24.17%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	1,044	1,076	1,084	1,071	1,095	51	4.89%

Note: D = non-discloseable in compliance with the Bureau of Labor Statistics and/or State of Indiana confidentiality guidelines. Source: Indiana Department of Workforce Development, as of 5/6/25.

Establishments by Sector
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	5 Year Change	5 Year % Change
Total Establishments	417	434	435	429	433	16	3.84%
Total Private Establishments	371	389	391	396	400	29	7.82%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	17	17	17	14	16	-1	-5.88%
Mining	D	D	D	D	D	0	0.00%
Construction	41	45	49	55	54	13	31.71%
Manufacturing	28	27	28	30	30	2	7.14%
Wholesale Trade	27	28	29	29	29	2	7.41%
Retail Trade	59	64	65	66	68	9	15.25%
Transport. and Warehousing	29	29	28	28	28	-1	-3.45%
Utilities	D	D	D	D	D	0	0.00%
Information	D	D	4	D	D	-1	-25.00%
Finance and Insurance	25	24	22	21	20	-5	-20.00%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	6	6	8	8	9	3	50.00%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	32	31	28	30	32	0	0.00%
Mgmt. of Companies	4	4	4	4	3	-1	-25.00%
Admin. and Waste Services	13	14	11	11	11	-2	-15.38%
Educational Services	D	D	3	3	3	2	200.00%
Health Care and Social Assistance	26	28	28	27	28	2	7.69%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	3	4	4	4	4	1	33.33%
Accommodation and Food Service	26	28	29	27	28	2	7.69%
Other Services	29	33	34	32	32	3	10.34%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	46	46	44	33	32	-14	-30.43%

Note: �Total employment represents the sum of total private sector and total government sector employment. �State and local government schools and hospitals are included in the government total. �Sectors may not sum to the total (or agree with BLS published total employment) due to suppression issues. �D = non-discloseable in compliance with the Bureau of Labor Statistics and/or State of Indiana confidentiality guidelines. �Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics & Indiana Department of Workforce Development, as of May 2025.

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