Lewis and Clark County, MT

FIPS 30049 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Lewis and Clark County had an annual average of 39,957 jobs across 3,758 establishments, paying $2.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

39,957

+2.4% YoY

Establishments

3,758

Total Wages

$2.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$62,248

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 Lewis and Clark County, MT, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 2,900 180 $444 $67.0M
622 NAICS 622 2,656 8 $2,083 $216.8M
921 NAICS 921 2,655 17 $1,953 $162.6M
541 NAICS 541 2,646 694 $2,738 $251.0M
923 NAICS 923 2,342 10 $1,963 $160.7M
621 NAICS 621 2,127 260 $1,515 $167.6M
611 NAICS 611 1,998 103 $1,146 $102.5M
561 NAICS 561 1,539 229 $816 $62.4M
813 NAICS 813 1,349 194 $1,086 $76.2M
238 NAICS 238 1,217 241 $1,182 $74.8M
237 NAICS 237 1,074 35 $1,764 $91.0M
624 NAICS 624 1,002 120 $626 $32.6M
455 NAICS 455 994 16 $966 $50.0M
623 NAICS 623 888 30 $767 $35.4M
445 NAICS 445 827 28 $594 $25.6M
459 NAICS 459 825 77 $637 $27.4M
924 NAICS 924 824 12 $1,870 $72.8M
922 NAICS 922 765 13 $2,291 $47.6M
522 NAICS 522 759 66 $2,246 $80.9M
524 NAICS 524 737 84 $2,148 $81.6M
713 NAICS 713 648 64 $350 $11.8M
926 NAICS 926 570 16 $2,089 $49.4M
236 NAICS 236 568 153 $1,407 $41.6M
441 NAICS 441 562 44 $1,137 $33.2M
721 NAICS 721 494 40 $541 $13.9M
928 NAICS 928 484 3 $1,409 $32.8M
444 NAICS 444 480 28 $839 $20.9M
811 NAICS 811 454 92 $967 $22.8M
424 NAICS 424 373 44 $1,159 $22.5M
457 NAICS 457 320 26 $571 $9.5M
423 NAICS 423 312 82 $2,052 $33.3M
492 NAICS 492 311 10 $832 $13.5M
812 NAICS 812 306 61 $669 $10.7M
531 NAICS 531 254 135 $833 $11.0M
449 NAICS 449 184 31 $1,312 $12.5M
551 NAICS 551 173 21 $1,268 $11.4M
484 NAICS 484 144 44 $1,191 $8.9M
112 NAICS 112 122 16 $802 $5.1M
458 NAICS 458 115 22 $400 $2.4M
311 NAICS 311 108 6 $826 $4.6M
312 NAICS 312 96 8 $514 $2.6M
517 NAICS 517 95 19 $1,510 $7.5M
456 NAICS 456 94 16 $855 $4.2M
327 NAICS 327 92 4 $1,266 $6.1M
518 NAICS 518 90 9 $1,200 $5.6M
532 NAICS 532 87 16 $935 $4.3M
491 NAICS 491 85 7 $1,465 $6.5M
481 NAICS 481 85 5 $713 $3.1M
339 NAICS 339 82 14 $836 $3.6M
337 NAICS 337 81 9 $1,066 $4.5M
523 NAICS 523 81 37 $3,654 $15.4M
562 NAICS 562 75 13 $1,013 $3.9M
513 NAICS 513 74 12 $1,076 $4.2M
516 NAICS 516 68 9 $1,255 $4.4M
332 NAICS 332 64 14 $1,093 $3.6M
488 NAICS 488 62 12 $1,379 $3.4M
999 NAICS 999 61 44 $1,115 $3.6M
111 NAICS 111 60 4 $709 $2.2M
519 NAICS 519 54 1 $754 $2.1M
814 NAICS 814 50 33 $687 $1.8M
925 NAICS 925 27 1 $1,143 $1.6M
334 NAICS 334 24 5 $1,357 $1.7M
323 NAICS 323 22 6 $784 $0.9M
221 NAICS 221 7 1 $1,213 $0.4M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

2,121

jobs · $99,290 avg pay

State Government

6,782

jobs · $66,998 avg pay

Local Government

2,335

jobs · $57,682 avg pay

Private

28,719

jobs · $58,761 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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