Hoosiers by the Numbers

Your premier source for labor market information for Indiana.

NOTE: The Federal Government funding lapse affects the scheduled release of workforce and other federal data, including the September data from Current Employment Statistics (CES), Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) and the Consumer Price Index.

Acronyms Guide

AA - Affirmative Action

ACINET - America's Career InfoNet

BEA - Bureau of Economic Analysis

BLS - Bureau of Labor Statistics

BMK - Benchmark

Census - Census Bureau

CES - Current Employment Statistics

CBSA - Core Based Statistical Area

CMSA - Combined Metropolitan Statistical Area

CSA - Combined Statistical Area

COLA - Cost of Living Adjustment

CPI - Consumer Price Index

DOL - Department of Labor

EGR - Economic Growth Region

ETA - Employment and Training Administration

EEO - Equal Employment Opportunity

FIPS - Federal Information Processing Standards

IBRC - Indiana Business Research Center

ICC - Indiana Career Connect

IDOR - Indiana Department of Revenue

IDWD - Indiana Department of Workforce Development

LAUS - Local Area Unemployment Statistics

LED - Local Employment Dynamics

LEHD - Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics

LMA - Labor Market Area

LMI - Labor Market Information

MLS - Mass Layoff Statistics

MSA - Metropolitan Statistical Area

MWR - Multiple Worksite Report

NAICS - North American Industrial Classification System

NCES - National Center for Education Statistics

OES - Occupational Employment Statistics

PMSA - Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area

SSI -Strategic Skills Initiative

QCEW - Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QWI - Quarterly Workforce Indicators

SF - Summary File

SIC - Standard Industrial Classification

SOC - Standard Occupational Classification

UI - Unemployment Insurance

WARN - Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification

WIA - Workforce Investment Act