According to a new report from TEConomy Partners and Battelle Technology Partnership Practice, Indiana’s health and life sciences industry—which includes the sectors of biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, agbiosciences, hospitals, outpatient centers, medical and diagnostic labs, home healthcare services, and nursing and residential care facilities—has experienced more than 22 percent growth since 2001.
That’s a sharper increase than in the rest of the U.S., and health and life sciences now accounts for one of every ten private-sector jobs in Indiana, for a total of 265,000 jobs. The industry also has some of the state’s better-paying jobs: the average annual wage is $70,000, and almost $97,000 for jobs in the life sciences sector alone. The report found job growth in these occupations across all skill levels, from lower-skilled production workers to highly skilled scientists, engineers, and doctors.
