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News Releases:
Jun
10
Consumer Price Index, West Region — May 2022

Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.8 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

May
11
Consumer Price Index, West Region — April 2022

Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.7 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Apr
12
Consumer Price Index, West Region — March 2022

Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 1.3 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Montana Economy at a Glance:
Montana
Data Series Back
Data		 Dec
2021		 Jan
2022		 Feb
2022		 Mar
2022		 Apr
2022		 May
2022

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)553.9 555.1 556.4 558.4 560.7 (p)562.8

Employment(1)

 (r)537.7 539.8 542.1 545.3 547.5 (p)549.1

Unemployment(1)

 (r)16.2 15.2 14.3 13.1 13.1 (p)13.7

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)2.9 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.3 (p)2.4

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 502.4 503.5 504.7 505.2 506.7 (p)504.8

12-month % change

 4.6 4.3 4.3 3.6 3.5 (p)3.2

Mining and Logging(3)

 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.1 7.2 (p)7.1

12-month % change

 1.5 3.0 6.1 4.4 4.3 (p)6.0

Construction(3)

 34.5 34.0 34.8 34.5 34.6 (p)34.0

12-month % change

 7.5 4.6 10.1 5.5 4.8 (p)4.3

Manufacturing(3)

 22.3 22.5 22.5 22.6 22.8 (p)22.7

12-month % change

 7.7 6.6 7.1 7.1 7.5 (p)7.1

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 98.7 98.8 99.1 99.3 99.9 (p)98.8

12-month % change

 3.7 3.2 2.9 3.2 4.0 (p)2.7

Information(3)

 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.5 (p)5.4

12-month % change

 -5.4 -1.8 -3.6 0.0 -1.8 (p)-5.3

Financial Activities(3)

 27.1 27.4 27.8 27.5 27.7 (p)27.4

12-month % change

 2.7 3.4 4.5 2.6 2.6 (p)1.5

Professional & Business Services(3)

 48.4 48.2 47.8 48.0 48.0 (p)48.6

12-month % change

 6.6 5.9 4.6 4.3 3.4 (p)4.7

Education & Health Services(3)

 80.9 80.5 80.8 80.6 80.8 (p)80.9

12-month % change

 2.5 1.6 1.6 1.0 1.1 (p)1.3

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

 68.7 69.7 69.8 70.9 71.0 (p)70.7

12-month % change

 11.2 11.2 10.1 10.3 9.2 (p)7.8

Other Services(3)

 19.0 18.9 18.9 18.7 18.8 (p)18.6

12-month % change

 6.1 5.0 3.8 1.6 2.2 (p)1.1

Government(3)

 90.7 91.2 90.8 90.5 90.4 (p)90.6

12-month % change

 1.0 1.9 1.5 0.3 0.4 (p)1.5

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
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 Economic Summary Jun 2022
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