HELENA, Mont. – Montana’s unemployment rate set a new all-time low in February, declining 0.1% to 2.4% according to data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Montana Department of Labor & Industry.
The February rate of 2.4% is the lowest level of unemployment in Montana since recordkeeping began in 1976. Montana’s unemployment rate is the fourth lowest in the nation.
While Montana’s unemployment rate dropped to an all-time low of 2.4% in February, the unemployment rate for the U.S. rose to 3.6%.
