A summary is below. More details are available on our State Employment Page.

January 22, 2019

Summary

• Montana added 300 jobs and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7 percent in December according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data.

• Over the past twelve months, Montana added 4,700 jobs and the unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point from 4.1 percent.

• In December, Montana's private sector payrolls remain unchanged and over the past twelve months, it created 3,500 jobs.

• The number of unemployed Montanans rose by 143 in December, and over the past year, 1,955 Montanans found jobs.

• Montana’s labor force participation rate increased to 62.2 percent from 62.1 percent in December.  Since last year, the labor force participation rate fell 0.8 percentage point.

• The national unemployment rate rose by 0.2 percentage point to 3.9 percent in December.  State employment and unemployment data for January is scheduled for release on March 11, 2019.  The national employment situation report for January will be released on Friday, February 1, 2019.