Jefferson County, MT monthly unemployment update

Stacker compiled statistics about the unemployment rate in Jefferson County using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. County and metro unemployment rates are as of April 2023.

Jefferson County had a 2.2% unemployment rate in April 2023, marking a 0.5 percentage point decrease from a month ago. Montana reported a 2.3% unemployment rate in May, which is the seventh lowest in the country. The national unemployment rate last month rose to 3.7% but is still 0.1 percentage points higher than last year.

The unemployment rate in the Helena, MT metropolitan area was 2.0%, which is 0.2 percentage points lower than Jefferson County. Helena has the 103rd lowest unemployment out of 887 metro and micro areas surveyed in the country.

Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Montana
#1. Glacier County: 5.1%
#2. Lincoln County: 4.9%
#3. Sanders County: 4.3%
#4. Mineral County: 4.0%
#5. Wheatland County: 3.9%

Counties with the lowest unemployment rate in Montana
#1. McCone County: 1.3%
#2. Toole County: 1.4%
#3. Carter County: 1.5%
#3. Daniels County: 1.5%
#3. Fallon County: 1.5%