Montana · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Montana

Name: Employment in Montana
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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Montana, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Montana had about 512,300 people on their payrolls across roughly 61,252 establishments, with average annual pay of $62,910.

Total employment in Montana grew 12.2% from 2020 to 2025. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Montana are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

512,300Employment, 2025
61,252Establishments
$62,910Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Montana	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	6,933	1.4%	1.70	pub.
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	5,289	1.0%	2.81	pub.
23	Construction	38,987	7.6%	1.41	pub.
31-33	Manufacturing	21,011	4.1%	0.51	pub.
22	Utilities	3,550	0.7%	1.23	pub.
42	Wholesale Trade	18,906	3.7%	0.95	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	63,325	12.4%	1.25	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	15,811	3.1%	0.63	pub.
51	Information	5,855	1.1%	0.60	pub.
52	Finance and Insurance	17,177	3.4%	0.82	pub.
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	6,897	1.4%	0.86	pub.
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	29,190	5.7%	0.82	pub.
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,260	0.4%	0.26	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	22,884	4.5%	0.76	pub.
61	Educational Services	40,417	7.9%	0.92	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	79,318	15.5%	0.96	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	14,036	2.7%	1.40	pub.
72	Accommodation and Food Services	60,223	11.8%	1.29	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	18,934	3.7%	1.22	pub.
92	Public Administration	39,223	7.7%	1.51	pub.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	512,343	61,252	$62,915	0.1%	pub.
2024	512,774	63,895	$60,038	1.2%	pub.
2023	506,789	65,848	$57,236	2.1%	pub.
2022	496,227	60,113	$54,514	3.7%	pub.
2021	478,523	55,176	$51,319	4.8%	pub.
2020	456,631	52,600	$48,443	2.9%	pub.
2019	470,525	50,141	$44,883	1.2%	pub.
2018	464,818	50,116	$43,407	1.2%	pub.
2017	459,431	48,777	$42,045	1.0%	pub.
2016	454,819	46,016	$40,716	1.4%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Montana	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	30,194	5.9%	0.84
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	29,288	5.7%	0.86
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	9,617	1.9%	0.56
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	8,348	1.6%	0.98
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	8,873	1.7%	1.84
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	10,722	2.1%	1.23
23-0000	Legal occupations	4,315	0.8%	1.01
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	29,370	5.7%	0.98
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	7,834	1.5%	1.15
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	32,314	6.3%	1.00
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	20,829	4.1%	0.80
33-0000	Protective service occupations	9,344	1.8%	0.76
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	53,978	10.5%	1.20
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	21,376	4.2%	1.42
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	13,041	2.5%	1.22
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	47,064	9.2%	1.07
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	61,163	11.9%	1.01
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	2,070	0.4%	1.43
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	32,823	6.4%	1.55
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	23,650	4.6%	1.18
51-0000	Production occupations	18,299	3.6%	0.64
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	37,829	7.4%	0.84

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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