Perry 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
	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	5 Year Change	5 Year % Change
Total Employment	6,137	6,183	6,555	6,441	6,307	170	2.77%
Total Private Employment	4,714	4,763	5,118	4,983	4,851	137	2.91%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	28	26	28	23	20	-8	-28.57%
Mining	16	17	17	16	19	3	18.75%
Construction	255	241	289	271	289	34	13.33%
Manufacturing	1,947	2,057	2,209	2,116	1,986	39	2.00%
Wholesale Trade	59	57	59	57	57	-2	-3.39%
Retail Trade	749	743	761	784	800	51	6.81%
Transport. and Warehousing	112	117	115	119	102	-10	-8.93%
Utilities	50	48	50	53	49	-1	-2.00%
Information	16	14	D	17	D	-2	-12.50%
Finance and Insurance	107	112	130	121	98	-9	-8.41%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	39	31	30	31	31	-8	-20.51%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	89	95	109	115	109	20	22.47%
Mgmt. of Companies	75	67	74	D	D	-3	-4.00%
Admin. and Waste Services	92	91	104	90	75	-17	-18.48%
Educational Services	16	10	8	5	D	-11	-68.75%
Health Care and Social Assistance	400	403	428	451	487	87	21.75%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	28	32	36	35	28	0	0.00%
Accommodation and Food Service	553	515	567	519	524	-29	-5.24%
Other Services	83	87	90	86	88	5	6.02%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	1,424	1,420	1,437	1,457	1,456	32	2.25%

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 6/16/26.

Establishments by Sector
	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	5 Year Change	5 Year % Change
Total Establishments	371	379	389	379	394	23	6.20%
Total Private Establishments	331	341	355	346	362	31	9.37%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	8	8	8	6	6	-2	-25.00%
Mining	3	3	3	3	4	1	33.33%
Construction	31	34	39	36	33	2	6.45%
Manufacturing	23	25	24	23	26	3	13.04%
Wholesale Trade	12	11	12	11	10	-2	-16.67%
Retail Trade	56	55	54	57	61	5	8.93%
Transport. and Warehousing	14	14	14	13	14	0	0.00%
Utilities	4	4	4	3	3	-1	-25.00%
Information	5	6	D	5	D	-1	-20.00%
Finance and Insurance	21	23	25	24	26	5	23.81%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	12	11	11	10	11	-1	-8.33%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	23	26	27	28	31	8	34.78%
Mgmt. of Companies	4	4	3	D	D	-2	-50.00%
Admin. and Waste Services	13	15	16	17	19	6	46.15%
Educational Services	4	3	3	3	D	0	0.00%
Health Care and Social Assistance	27	27	28	31	35	8	29.63%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	4	4	7	7	6	2	50.00%
Accommodation and Food Service	42	42	44	41	41	-1	-2.38%
Other Services	27	27	29	28	29	2	7.41%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	40	38	34	33	32	-8	-20.00%

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 June 2026.

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