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Great Falls, Montana Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Great Falls fell 0.1 percentage points in March 2023 to 2.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Montana rate. The unemployment rate in Great Falls peaked in April 2020 at 12.5% and is now 10.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare Great Falls unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate March 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.5% -0.1 -0.1
Montana 2.3% -0.1 -0.2
Great Falls 2.3% -0.1 -0.3
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with March 2023 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Great Falls, Montana, National

Great Falls, Montana monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Great Falls, Montana Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Great Falls peaked in April 2020 at 4,666. There are now 3,736 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Great Falls employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Great Falls, Montana) is also available.

Unemployed Persons March 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Great Falls 930 -28 -83

Number of Unemployed Persons

Great Falls, Montana Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Montana
Unemployment Rate		 Great Falls
Unemployment Rate		 Great Falls
Unemployed
April
2023		 3.4% — — —
March
2023		 3.5% 2.3% 2.3% 930
February
2023		 3.6% 2.4% 2.4% 958
January
2023		 3.4% 2.5% 2.5% 996
December
2022		 3.5% 2.6% 2.6% 1,035
November
2022		 3.6% 2.7% 2.6% 1,034
October
2022		 3.7% 2.7% 2.6% 1,033
September
2022		 3.5% 2.7% 2.6% 1,036
August
2022		 3.7% 2.7% 2.6% 1,045
July
2022		 3.5% 2.7% 2.7% 1,055
June
2022		 3.6% 2.7% 2.7% 1,058
May
2022		 3.6% 2.6% 2.7% 1,053

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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