How many job openings are there in Montana?
Updated monthly
About 28,000, as of August 2025. This was the same number of job openings as August 2024. A “job opening” is defined as a position open on the last business day of the month. To be considered “open,” a job must meet three conditions: (1) There’s work available for the position; (2) The job could start within 30 days; and (3) The employer is actively recruiting.
28K
job openings in Montana (August 2025)
0
fewer unfilled jobs in Montana in August 2025 than in August 2024
The number of job openings is one measure of employer demand for workers and is a commonly referred-to economic indicator. An increase in the number of job openings often indicates the economy is growing, while a decline may indicate slowed growth.
The number of job openings in Montana has stayed the same compared to over the last year.
Monthly job openings (seasonally adjusted), December 2000–August 2025
Following the Great Recession, monthly job openings in Montana increased from 12,000 in January 2010 to 27,000 in February 2020. By April 2020, job openings had dropped to 20,000. Job openings in Montana then reached all-time highs during recovery from the COVID-19 recession. In August 2025, there were 28,000 job openings, the same as one year prior.
What is the job openings rate in Montana?
The job openings rate is another way to consider this data. It tells us what percentage of all jobs, filled and unfilled, were open during a given time period. This allows for better comparisons across time, industries, and places by adjusting for differences in the size of the working population.
A higher share of jobs were open in Montana than in the US overall in August.
Job openings rate (seasonally adjusted), August 2025
In August 2025, 5% of all jobs in Montana were unfilled. This was 0.7 percentage points higher than the job openings rate US-wide.
Job openings also differ across states and regions for many reasons, including differing economies and dominating industries. Montana’s August job openings rate was higher than 40 states.
In August 2025, Montana's job openings rate was higher than 40 states.
Seasonally adjusted job openings rate by state, August 2025
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USAFacts standardizes data, in areas such as time and demographics, to make it easier to understand and compare.
The analysis was generated with the help of AI and reviewed by USAFacts for accuracy.
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