Skip to content
Beacon CRE

Which counties in Montana are adding jobs fastest?

Madison County (+221.3%), Carter County (+58.9%) and Judith Basin County (+46.6%) added private-sector jobs fastest in Montana between 2018 and 2023.

Data as of 2023 · updated

See the rankingAll Montana counties

Want Pro for Montana? Get notified

All 52 ranked Montana counties

Montana counties ranked by private-sector job growth
RankCountyChange 2018–23Private jobs 2023Residents
1Madison County+221.3%5,21810,026
2Carter County+58.9%1971,383
3Judith Basin County+46.6%2772,162
4Teton County+41.2%1,4576,496
5Lake County+35.0%7,81733,392
6Powell County+33.6%1,4517,157
7Meagher County+27.7%4062,137
8Broadwater County+24.1%1,1148,493
9Gallatin County+21.7%59,252128,740
10Sanders County+20.9%2,58514,062
11Stillwater County+17.0%3,0219,445
12Ravalli County+16.9%11,26048,582
13Flathead County+14.0%45,165115,429
14Lincoln County+11.5%4,52022,328
15Mineral County+10.8%8095,185
16McCone County+10.8%3801,720
17Musselshell County+9.4%9235,582
18Custer County+8.9%4,26412,034
19Sweet Grass County+8.2%1,3613,762
20Yellowstone County+7.8%75,637172,692
21Chouteau County+7.7%7725,865
22Deer Lodge County+7.5%2,9579,709
23Lewis and Clark County+6.4%27,26575,331
24Carbon County+6.3%2,37311,466
25Toole County+6.2%1,4285,211
26Park County+6.0%5,39918,214
27Missoula County+5.9%54,136123,513
28Daniels County+4.8%5721,612
29Blaine County+4.5%1,0366,860
30Jefferson County+3.9%1,95913,329
31Silver Bow County+3.5%13,58336,118
32Sheridan County+2.8%8323,436
33Beaverhead County+2.4%2,64310,043
34Hill County+1.2%5,09216,167
35Fergus County+0.9%3,42811,825
36Valley County+0.7%2,1837,385
37Rosebud County+0.0%2,2148,253
38Cascade County−1.8%30,05085,029
39Roosevelt County−1.9%1,72210,242
40Fallon County−2.3%9522,959
41Liberty County−2.5%3471,957
42Phillips County−2.7%7964,203
43Dawson County−5.0%2,4048,692
44Garfield County−5.2%1281,148
45Richland County−5.2%4,32111,377
46Granite County−5.3%5883,658
47Wheatland County−6.5%3882,100
48Glacier County−7.2%1,84613,463
49Pondera County−9.6%1,1036,072
50Prairie County−13.9%1491,112
51Powder River County−15.9%2491,781
52Big Horn County−22.4%1,77412,752

4 of 56 Montana counties are not ranked on this measure.

How this is ranked

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns. Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how ranks and figures are built. More on every layer: data sources and licences.

Get the report for any Montana county — $99

The County Growth and Demographics Report for any county as a PDF, from federal data: population and migration, housing and rents, permits, private employers and jobs, unemployment, ranks in the state and the country, and neighbouring counties, with a source next to every number. Pay once, no subscription.

Choose a county — $99

Every purchase also includes a CSV of every table in the report, ready for a spreadsheet.

Refund terms: Terms. · How we compute every number

Questions

Which county in Montana has the fastest job growth?

Madison County: +221.3%, ahead of Carter County (+58.9%) and Judith Basin County (+46.6%), of 52 Montana counties ranked.

How is this ranking calculated?

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

More county rankings for Montana

Private-sector job growth in other states

Across the U.S.