Yellowstone County, MT

FIPS 30111 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Yellowstone County had an annual average of 87,348 jobs across 7,794 establishments, paying $5.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

87,348

+0.8% YoY

Establishments

7,794

Total Wages

$5.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$62,688

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 Yellowstone County, MT, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 8,556 418 $478 $212.8M
622 NAICS 622 6,835 16 $1,937 $688.3M
541 NAICS 541 4,912 1,080 $2,039 $453.8M
611 NAICS 611 4,875 112 $1,000 $236.0M
561 NAICS 561 3,718 504 $903 $174.6M
621 NAICS 621 3,666 452 $1,406 $268.0M
238 NAICS 238 3,506 570 $1,297 $236.5M
423 NAICS 423 3,420 348 $1,748 $310.8M
623 NAICS 623 2,763 53 $830 $119.2M
455 NAICS 455 2,353 24 $698 $85.4M
921 NAICS 921 2,098 11 $2,050 $151.1M
522 NAICS 522 2,090 146 $2,053 $171.5M
624 NAICS 624 2,045 231 $2,168 $80.0M
424 NAICS 424 1,956 135 $1,407 $143.1M
459 NAICS 459 1,914 170 $646 $64.4M
713 NAICS 713 1,874 182 $449 $43.7M
441 NAICS 441 1,823 126 $1,301 $123.3M
721 NAICS 721 1,673 68 $698 $60.8M
813 NAICS 813 1,619 228 $671 $56.5M
236 NAICS 236 1,485 290 $1,486 $114.8M
237 NAICS 237 1,410 87 $1,733 $123.6M
484 NAICS 484 1,359 166 $1,362 $96.3M
811 NAICS 811 1,222 237 $1,071 $68.1M
324 NAICS 324 1,214 5 $3,113 $196.6M
445 NAICS 445 1,211 54 $684 $43.1M
444 NAICS 444 1,124 72 $868 $50.8M
492 NAICS 492 1,084 18 $1,072 $60.4M
923 NAICS 923 824 6 $2,068 $58.1M
524 NAICS 524 824 189 $2,346 $70.1M
812 NAICS 812 781 129 $634 $25.7M
457 NAICS 457 776 53 $695 $28.0M
531 NAICS 531 767 272 $1,067 $42.6M
458 NAICS 458 694 76 $523 $18.9M
449 NAICS 449 608 74 $1,016 $32.2M
332 NAICS 332 560 46 $1,325 $38.6M
924 NAICS 924 531 11 $1,982 $51.5M
488 NAICS 488 459 54 $1,079 $25.7M
922 NAICS 922 453 15 $2,191 $36.0M
491 NAICS 491 438 13 $1,521 $34.6M
551 NAICS 551 425 54 $1,861 $41.1M
311 NAICS 311 418 17 $1,193 $25.9M
339 NAICS 339 360 26 $838 $15.7M
456 NAICS 456 343 63 $960 $17.1M
221 NAICS 221 311 29 $2,091 $32.3M
523 NAICS 523 309 90 $4,159 $66.8M
516 NAICS 516 293 18 $1,349 $20.5M
333 NAICS 333 292 14 $1,550 $23.5M
517 NAICS 517 290 28 $1,547 $23.4M
481 NAICS 481 284 9 $1,050 $15.5M
562 NAICS 562 276 30 $1,346 $19.3M
111 NAICS 111 275 24 $670 $9.6M
711 NAICS 711 256 36 $438 $5.8M
115 NAICS 115 251 22 $1,625 $21.2M
486 NAICS 486 221 8 $2,227 $25.6M
926 NAICS 926 206 8 $1,763 $18.5M
999 NAICS 999 195 78 $1,005 $10.2M
425 NAICS 425 185 71 $2,317 $22.2M
325 NAICS 325 182 8 $1,476 $14.0M
323 NAICS 323 166 16 $924 $8.0M
321 NAICS 321 164 13 $973 $8.3M
112 NAICS 112 159 25 $1,295 $10.7M
336 NAICS 336 126 8 $1,211 $7.9M
213 NAICS 213 119 55 $2,258 $13.9M
513 NAICS 513 99 20 $1,189 $6.1M
312 NAICS 312 99 13 $600 $3.1M
512 NAICS 512 89 12 $508 $2.4M
712 NAICS 712 87 11 $699 $3.2M
327 NAICS 327 84 14 $1,084 $4.7M
337 NAICS 337 73 11 $1,085 $4.1M
814 NAICS 814 69 69 $588 $2.1M
314 NAICS 314 34 3 $666 $1.2M
925 NAICS 925 30 1 $1,265 $2.0M
928 NAICS 928 24 2 $1,684 $2.0M
316 NAICS 316 16 3 $1,059 $0.9M
326 NAICS 326 14 5 $1,211 $0.9M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,840

jobs · $99,185 avg pay

State Government

1,498

jobs · $58,154 avg pay

Local Government

5,773

jobs · $58,783 avg pay

Private

78,237

jobs · $62,204 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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