Lake County, MT

FIPS 30047 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Lake County had an annual average of 9,767 jobs across 1,299 establishments, paying $0.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

9,767

+1% YoY

Establishments

1,299

Total Wages

$0.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$50,287

Industry Breakdown (2024 annual averages, by NAICS sector)

Employment, establishments, and pay by 2-digit NAICS industry sector. Each industry name links to its national profile. Sectors with all cells suppressed by BLS won't appear.

Industry breakdown of employment and wages for Lake County, MT, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
921 NAICS 921 1,696 7 $1,354 $97.8M
611 NAICS 611 1,023 28 $987 $51.3M
722 NAICS 722 656 81 $711 $13.1M
238 NAICS 238 339 136 $860 $15.1M
621 NAICS 621 337 57 $1,143 $20.0M
445 NAICS 445 310 16 $598 $9.6M
455 NAICS 455 306 6 $657 $10.5M
541 NAICS 541 304 171 $1,451 $23.0M
721 NAICS 721 268 20 $1,051 $9.7M
236 NAICS 236 202 83 $886 $9.3M
441 NAICS 441 200 17 $939 $9.8M
624 NAICS 624 195 52 $511 $5.2M
713 NAICS 713 193 20 $1,023 $5.6M
561 NAICS 561 184 69 $1,090 $10.3M
522 NAICS 522 163 19 $1,421 $9.0M
813 NAICS 813 144 41 $551 $4.1M
444 NAICS 444 135 13 $862 $6.1M
221 NAICS 221 119 10 $5,862 $22.3M
424 NAICS 424 102 13 $819 $4.4M
811 NAICS 811 101 28 $870 $4.6M
332 NAICS 332 100 6 $1,019 $5.3M
321 NAICS 321 96 10 $795 $4.0M
457 NAICS 457 92 9 $655 $3.1M
237 NAICS 237 78 16 $2,290 $5.1M
459 NAICS 459 70 13 $366 $1.3M
111 NAICS 111 66 12 $580 $2.0M
531 NAICS 531 61 37 $1,032 $3.3M
334 NAICS 334 61 1 $1,084 $3.4M
517 NAICS 517 47 5 $1,444 $3.5M
323 NAICS 323 45 4 $766 $1.8M
922 NAICS 922 42 5 $1,289 $2.7M
112 NAICS 112 42 10 $783 $1.7M
456 NAICS 456 41 8 $795 $1.7M
812 NAICS 812 40 13 $787 $1.0M
484 NAICS 484 38 31 $1,015 $2.0M
491 NAICS 491 37 9 $1,221 $2.3M
311 NAICS 311 33 5 $665 $1.1M
924 NAICS 924 31 6 $1,759 $2.5M
923 NAICS 923 30 2 $1,269 $2.0M
113 NAICS 113 29 10 $1,035 $1.5M
524 NAICS 524 24 12 $1,221 $1.5M
115 NAICS 115 17 11 $1,227 $1.1M
999 NAICS 999 16 12 $1,450 $1.2M
513 NAICS 513 14 5 $2,415 $1.8M
339 NAICS 339 13 3 $603 $0.4M
519 NAICS 519 13 3 $536 $0.4M
814 NAICS 814 12 8 $630 $0.4M
516 NAICS 516 12 3 $1,190 $0.8M
488 NAICS 488 12 6 $1,033 $0.7M
926 NAICS 926 7 3 $1,608 $0.6M

By Ownership (2024)

Four QCEW ownership classes — Federal, State, Local, and Private.

Federal Government

100

jobs · $69,361 avg pay

State Government

101

jobs · $73,584 avg pay

Local Government

2,930

jobs · $56,535 avg pay

Private

6,636

jobs · $46,874 avg pay

MT Unemployment

The statewide unemployment rate (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) gives county data its broader economic backdrop.

3.5%

April 2026

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