It’s been a second consecutive, record-breaking year for economic development in Indiana with more than 300 commitments from companies across the country and around the world to locate or grow in Indiana, according to the Indiana Economic Development Corporation.
Together, these businesses plan to invest nearly $7.5 billion in their Indiana operations and create up more than 31,000 new Hoosier jobs in the coming years.
The positions are expected to offer average wages topping $26/hour.
Among the businesses announcing the largest growth commitments this past year was SF Motors in St. Joseph County, which committed 467 new jobs.
Businesses announcing the largest growth commitments, based on the number of new jobs or capital investment planned, in 2018 were:
- Amazon (1,250 committed jobs in Johnson County),
- Daifuku Wynright (582 committed jobs in Lake County),
- Fulcrum BioEnergy (nearly $600 million investment and 163 committed jobs in Lake County),
- GEICO (1,474 committed jobs in Hamilton County),
- Infosys (1,000 additional committed jobs in Marion County),
- Jasper Group (316 committed jobs in Orange County).
- Republic Airways (600 committed jobs in Marion County),
- Sweetwater (1,009 committed jobs in Allen County),
- SF Motors (467 committed jobs in St. Joseph County),
- Solinftec (334 committed jobs in Tippecanoe County),
- United Collection Bureau (621 committed jobs in Clark County), and
- United States Steel Corporation ($750 million investment in Lake County).
