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Montana Employment

Date Employment Unemployment
Total % Change
Year Ago
Rate Unit Change
Year Ago
1978 345,000-6.3-
1979 352,0002.05.1-1.1
1980 348,000-1.16.21.1
1981 358,0002.97.00.8
1982 360,0000.68.61.6
1983 360,0000.08.90.2
1984 374,0003.97.4-1.4
1985 374,0000.07.70.2
1986 374,0000.08.10.5
1987 374,0000.07.4-0.7
1988 375,0000.36.7-0.7
1989 381,0001.65.9-0.8
1990 377,213-1.06.00.0
1991 377,6360.17.11.2
1992 392,5564.06.9-0.2
1993 400,2592.06.1-0.7
1994 417,2254.25.1-1.1
1995 417,7700.15.40.4
1996 422,4581.15.50.1
1997 427,5041.25.3-0.2
1998 435,1561.85.60.2
1999 440,6461.35.3-0.3
2000 446,5521.34.8-0.5
2001 447,8270.34.5-0.3
2002 445,281-0.64.50.0
2003 450,1901.14.3-0.2
2004 456,3851.44.0-0.3
2005 464,6251.83.7-0.4
2006 477,2562.73.3-0.4
2007 484,7371.63.40.2
2008 483,455-0.34.51.0
Monthly Data
1995-Jan404,5121.36.60.2
Feb407,5271.06.3-0.3
Mar409,9670.36.40.4
Apr415,130-0.85.70.9
May418,004-0.54.90.5
Jun422,946-0.65.40.7
Jul431,529-0.34.90.5
Aug430,417-0.44.70.7
Sep422,5290.04.50.3
Oct421,4940.64.70.2
Nov416,4740.45.50.3
Dec412,7140.95.6-0.3
1996-Jan406,8950.66.80.2
Feb410,8820.86.40.1
Mar413,7550.96.3-0.1
Apr420,0411.25.4-0.3
May424,7191.65.40.5
Jun428,5731.35.40.1
Jul435,5060.95.10.2
Aug434,5741.04.80.1
Sep426,7301.04.60.1
Oct427,1451.34.80.1
Nov422,4391.45.50.1
Dec418,2421.35.70.1
1997-Jan412,2431.36.6-0.3
Feb414,0810.86.50.1
Mar418,1351.16.60.3
Apr424,7491.15.50.1
May430,3421.34.8-0.5
Jun432,5830.95.3-0.1
Jul440,4031.14.6-0.5
Aug440,3041.34.6-0.2
Sep431,5491.14.4-0.2
Oct431,3521.04.6-0.2
Nov428,5171.45.2-0.3
Dec425,7881.85.5-0.2
1998-Jan420,7022.16.70.1
Feb423,5422.36.70.2
Mar425,1671.77.00.4
Apr432,8881.95.60.2
May437,2831.65.00.2
Jun439,6411.65.60.3
Jul447,2781.65.00.3
Aug446,4861.44.80.3
Sep439,5711.94.70.3
Oct439,0511.84.90.3
Nov436,0091.75.30.1
Dec434,2522.05.50.0
1999-Jan429,2192.06.5-0.2
Feb430,6481.76.5-0.3
Mar433,8762.06.4-0.6
Apr439,8981.65.60.0
May443,2481.44.9-0.1
Jun446,1031.55.4-0.2
Jul452,5831.24.7-0.2
Aug450,7891.04.5-0.3
Sep442,1980.64.4-0.3
Oct441,9320.74.5-0.4
Nov439,3300.85.0-0.3
Dec437,9250.85.1-0.4
2000-Jan438,4502.25.9-0.5
Feb439,5122.15.9-0.5
Mar444,6452.55.9-0.5
Apr448,3561.94.8-0.9
May449,6621.44.3-0.5
Jun452,2781.44.7-0.7
Jul454,4930.44.2-0.5
Aug450,5790.04.3-0.2
Sep448,1741.43.8-0.6
Oct445,7330.94.0-0.5
Nov444,4601.24.6-0.4
Dec442,2811.04.7-0.4
2001-Jan440,4360.55.8-0.1
Feb440,9150.35.5-0.4
Mar442,566-0.55.6-0.3
Apr450,0010.44.7-0.1
May452,2000.63.8-0.5
Jun454,8380.64.3-0.4
Jul459,8941.23.7-0.5
Aug452,3830.43.9-0.4
Sep448,7270.13.6-0.2
Oct446,7830.24.0-0.1
Nov443,162-0.34.60.0
Dec442,018-0.14.70.0
2002-Jan430,425-2.35.90.1
Feb438,672-0.55.5-0.1
Mar439,358-0.75.5-0.1
Apr442,071-1.84.70.1
May448,708-0.84.00.2
Jun451,219-0.84.50.2
Jul453,210-1.54.00.3
Aug457,5341.13.8-0.1
Sep449,6640.23.5-0.1
Oct449,3970.63.7-0.2
Nov441,330-0.44.4-0.1
Dec441,785-0.14.70.0
2003-Jan439,6092.15.4-0.4
Feb441,8370.75.3-0.2
Mar443,0720.85.1-0.4
Apr450,5691.94.4-0.3
May452,9500.93.8-0.2
Jun454,7660.84.50.0
Jul458,4901.23.9-0.1
Aug459,0030.33.7-0.1
Sep452,5770.63.50.0
Oct452,6120.73.70.0
Nov449,6121.94.2-0.2
Dec447,1851.24.3-0.4
2004-Jan441,5520.45.3-0.1
Feb444,2360.55.0-0.3
Mar446,9200.95.0-0.1
Apr455,4101.14.2-0.2
May458,2651.23.6-0.1
Jun462,6701.74.1-0.4
Jul469,0572.33.5-0.4
Aug467,3011.83.4-0.4
Sep460,2651.73.1-0.4
Oct459,2031.53.4-0.3
Nov457,4021.73.8-0.4
Dec454,3361.64.0-0.3
2005-Jan448,8161.64.8-0.5
Feb451,4821.64.8-0.1
Mar454,9591.84.6-0.4
Apr461,3461.33.9-0.3
May465,3731.63.3-0.4
Jun469,4671.53.7-0.4
Jul476,3291.63.1-0.4
Aug476,6082.03.0-0.4
Sep469,9712.12.8-0.3
Oct470,3952.43.0-0.4
Nov466,8952.13.5-0.3
Dec463,8602.13.5-0.5
2006-Jan460,5032.64.3-0.5
Feb463,2272.64.3-0.5
Mar466,8502.64.0-0.6
Apr474,0912.83.5-0.4
May478,4312.82.9-0.4
Jun484,9603.33.3-0.4
Jul491,1813.12.9-0.3
Aug488,6452.52.7-0.2
Sep480,7802.32.5-0.3
Oct481,5122.42.6-0.3
Nov478,9062.63.2-0.3
Dec477,9873.03.3-0.2
2007-Jan473,4432.84.3-0.1
Feb474,3132.44.0-0.3
Mar479,0382.63.9-0.1
Apr483,2461.93.4-0.1
May486,7721.72.80.0
Jun491,4181.33.30.0
Jul496,3941.13.00.1
Aug493,8701.13.00.2
Sep487,8601.52.80.3
Oct486,3231.03.10.4
Nov484,3911.13.70.5
Dec479,7730.44.20.8
2008-Jan476,4880.64.90.6
Feb476,7220.54.60.6
Mar479,2200.04.70.8
Apr485,4440.54.00.6
May487,7140.23.81.0
Jun490,244-0.24.41.1
Jul495,078-0.34.11.1
Aug492,769-0.24.31.3
Sep485,330-0.54.01.3
Oct483,186-0.64.41.4
Nov477,489-1.45.11.4
Dec471,772-1.75.51.3
2009-Jan464,726-2.56.71.9
Feb462,232-3.07.02.4
Mar463,736-3.26.92.2
Apr471,547-2.96.12.1
May471,501-3.35.81.9
Jun473,854-3.36.41.9
Jul477,665-3.56.12.0
Aug476,349-3.36.01.7
Sep469,093-3.35.91.8
Oct466,151-3.55.91.4
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.


 
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