- Indianapolis unemployment rate decreased slightly to 4.4% while total employment reached a new historical high of 981,713 jobs. - U.S. job growth in August was lower than expected at 173,000 jobs, below the recent range of 200,000-250,000. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 5.1%. - Indianapolis saw growth across many sectors such as trade, transportation, and utilities (6.0%), professional and business services (5.1%), and manufacturing (2.1%).