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Montana jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Montana’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. 524 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 4 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

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Montana economy

  • 3.1%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.5% the month before

  • 574,649

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 1,105,072

    people in Montana

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $69,922

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Montana outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

  • Private-sector jobs up 4.0% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 5.3% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 2.5%, down 0.6 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+5,013 jobs), hotels & food (+2,135 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,084 jobs), transportation & warehousing (−527 jobs)

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Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Montana. Each link goes to the publisher.

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Montana layoffs

  • 4

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 173

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 2

    employers

Layoff notices filed in Montana, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Wells FargoTakes effect Sep 19, 2026Yellowstone2—State record
Wells FargoTakes effect Aug 22, 2026Yellowstone16—State record
Wells FargoTakes effect May 30, 2026Yellowstone77—State record
Exxon Mobile/Denbury Onshore LLCTakes effect Jan 15, 2026—78—State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Montana

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. Charter Communications9 open roles
  2. Albertsons Companies8 open roles
  3. Applied Materials8 open roles
  4. Griffin Global Systems8 open roles
  5. Safeway8 open roles
  6. LifePoint Health7 open roles
  7. Marsh USA7 open roles
  8. onX7 open roles
  9. Sedgwick7 open roles
  10. Bureau of Reclamation6 open roles
  11. Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology6 open roles
  12. Stockman Bank of Montana6 open roles

Higher education in Montana

  • 17

    public and private non-profit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 61,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Montana

Largest colleges in Montana
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Montana State UniversityBozemanPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
The University of MontanaMissoulaPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Carroll CollegeHelenaPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
Montana State University BillingsBillingsPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Montana Technological UniversityButtePublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Rocky Mountain CollegeBillingsPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
The University of Montana-WesternDillonPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Aaniiih Nakoda CollegeHarlemPublic 4-yearUnder 1,000
Blackfeet Community CollegeBrowningPrivate non-profit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Chief Dull Knife CollegeLame DeerPublic 2-yearUnder 1,000
Fort Peck Community CollegePoplarPublic 2-yearUnder 1,000
Little Big Horn CollegeCrow AgencyPublic 2-yearUnder 1,000

All 17 Montana colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Montana. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Montana? How to file for unemployment in Montana (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

17 American Job Centers in Montana

Job fairs and business events in Montana

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Montana.

Conferences in Montana

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Montana, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 3 with dates announced.

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Montana counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Show all 56

Montana cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Show all 29

Laid off or looking for work in Montana?

See what to do first, what Montana unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; layoff notices from Montana’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Montana unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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