Big Sky Times

Montana's unemployment rate hit 4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That's 22,303 people out of the 1,077,978 living in Montana at the time, according to data U.S. Census Bureau data obtained on Oct. 26, 2023.

The unemployment rate in Montana has decreased compared to the 4.1% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Montana was less than the national unemployment rate of 5.5%.

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte | governor.mt.gov

Of the 529,841 people who had a job during that time, 3,200 were employed in the Armed Forces and 526,641 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	22,303	4%
Employed	529,841	96%
Employed in civilian labor force	526,641	95.4%
Employed in armed forces	3,200	0.6%