Montana Economy at a Glance

Montana

Data Series	Apr 2004	May 2004	June 2004	July 2004	Aug 2004	Sept 2004
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force ⁽¹⁾	477.1	477.5	481.3	481.8
Employment ⁽¹⁾	455.0	455.2	458.1	461.0
Unemployment ⁽¹⁾	22.1	22.3	23.2	20.8
Unemployment Rate ⁽²⁾	4.6	4.7	4.8	4.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm ⁽³⁾	404.7	406.4	406.7	409.1	407.8	404.8 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Total Nonfarm	1.2	1.7	1.7	2.3	1.6	1.1 ^(P)
Natural Resources and Mining ⁽³⁾	6.2	6.3	6.5	6.8	6.9	7.0 ^(P)
12-month % change -- NR & Mining	5.1	6.8	8.3	15.3	19.0	20.7 ^(P)
Construction ⁽³⁾	24.2	24.2	24.0	24.4	24.6	25.1 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Construction	4.3	3.4	2.1	4.3	4.7	5.9 ^(P)
Manufacturing ⁽³⁾	19.3	19.5	19.2	19.3	19.0	18.5 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Manufacturing	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.1	2.2	0.0 ^(P)
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities ⁽³⁾	85.0	84.8	85.5	85.9	85.4	84.1 ^(P)
12-month % change -- TTU	1.3	0.8	1.7	2.3	1.3	-0.5 ^(P)
Information (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.9	7.5 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Information	2.7	1.3	1.3	2.6	2.6	-1.3 ^(P)
Financial Activities ⁽³⁾	20.8	20.9	20.8	20.9	20.9	20.9 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Financial Activities	4.0	5.0	3.5	3.5	2.0	2.5 ^(P)
Professional & Business Services ⁽³⁾	33.3	33.5	33.8	33.9	33.7	33.9 ^(P)
12-month % change -- PBS	1.5	1.8	3.4	3.4	2.4	3.7 ^(P)
Educational & Health Services ⁽³⁾	53.6	53.8	53.7	53.0	53.3	53.4 ^(P)
12-month % change -- EHS	1.1	1.3	1.5	0.0	0.2	0.0 ^(P)
Leisure & Hospitality ⁽³⁾	52.3	53.1	53.1	53.6	53.5	52.5 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Leisure & Hospitality	0.4	2.7	2.1	2.5	2.3	1.2 ^(P)
Other Services (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	16.3	16.4	16.3	16.4	16.6	16.8 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Other Services	1.2	1.9	1.2	1.9	3.8	4.3 ^(P)
Government ⁽³⁾	86.0	86.2	86.1	87.1	86.0	85.1 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Government	-0.1	0.6	0.3	1.5	-0.5	-0.9 ^(P)
Mass layoffs
Layoff events, all industries	- ⁽⁵⁾	- ⁽⁵⁾	3	3	- ^(P)	- ^(P)
12-month net change -- Layoff events, all industries			-5	0
12-month % change -- Layoff events, all industries			-62.5	0.0
Initial claimants, all industries	- ⁽⁵⁾	- ⁽⁵⁾	171	402	- ^(P)	- ^(P)
12-month net change -- Initial claimants, all industries			-357	230
12-month % change -- Initial claimants, all industries			-67.6	133.7

Footnotes:

^(P) Preliminary
⁽¹⁾ Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
⁽²⁾ Percent
⁽³⁾ Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
⁽⁴⁾ Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted (see About the data)
⁽⁵⁾ Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

Data extracted on: October 22, 2004

Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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