Indiana's unemployment rate stands at 3.6 percent for the month of August — the same it's been since June. Indiana's unemployment rate continued to outperform the national rate for the sixth month in a row. New preliminary data shows the state's unemployment rate remained the same for a third consecutive month. Indiana's unemployment rate stands at 3.6 percent for the month of August — the same it's been since June. Indiana's unemployment rate and the national unemployment rate last August were both measured at 4.2 percent.