Missoula County, MT jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Missoula County economy
2.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.9% the month before
71,420
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
119,639
people in Missoula County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,246
median household income
Source: Census ACS
42%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Missoula County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Missoula County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Missoula County
Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.
- onX5 open roles
- LifePoint Health4 open roles
- Gecko Hospitality2 open roles
- Liberty Mutual Insurance2 open roles
- Make Choteau Home2 open roles
- Providence Health System-southern California2 open roles
- QBE North America2 open roles
- A&E1 open role
- Albertsons Companies1 open role
- Aston Carter1 open role
Colleges in Missoula County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Montana | Missoula | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Missoula County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Montana Department of Labor and Industry
Serves all of Montana
Job Service Missoula
Missoula · Affiliate · 406-728-7060
8:00am to 5:00pm Monday-Friday
Cities in Missoula County
- Missoula56 jobs
Other Montana counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Montana’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.