Powder River County, MT Unemployment Rate Report

Powder River County, MT Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Powder River County, Montana has ranged from 0.9% in May 1997 to 7.5% in January 2004. The current unemployment rate for Powder River County is 1.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Powder River County, MT Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

Powder River County, MT Current Unemployment - 1.9%

Powder River County, MT Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2022	2.8%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.6%	3.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.5%	2.8%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.3%	2.7%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.3%	2.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.3%	2.9%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.0%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	1.9%	2.6%	3.7%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2021	3.6%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.0%	5.0%	6.2%
3 / 2021	3.4%	4.4%	6.0%
4 / 2021	2.7%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	2.0%	3.2%	5.8%
6 / 2021	2.7%	4.0%	5.9%
7 / 2021	2.3%	3.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	2.4%	3.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	2.1%	2.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.3%	2.6%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.2%	2.6%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.3%	2.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2020	3.2%	4.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.0%	4.2%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.3%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	5.3%	11.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	3.8%	8.5%	13.3%
6 / 2020	3.8%	7.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	3.2%	6.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	1.9%	5.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	2.3%	4.6%	7.9%
10 / 2020	2.8%	4.2%	6.9%
11 / 2020	2.4%	4.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	3.2%	4.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2019	3.7%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.3%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.0%	4.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	1.7%	3.3%	3.6%
5 / 2019	1.6%	2.9%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.1%	3.4%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.0%	3.1%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.0%	3.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.1%	3.0%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.2%	3.2%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.4%	3.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.4%	3.6%	3.5%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2018	3.5%	4.8%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.4%	4.5%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.6%	4.4%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.3%	3.6%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.4%	3.1%	3.8%
6 / 2018	2.8%	3.6%	4.0%
7 / 2018	2.5%	3.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.8%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.5%	3.0%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.0%	3.2%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.3%	3.4%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.9%	3.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2017	3.6%	5.1%	4.7%
2 / 2017	2.6%	4.7%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.2%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2017	2.2%	3.8%	4.4%
5 / 2017	1.8%	3.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	2.2%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	1.9%	3.6%	4.3%
8 / 2017	2.1%	3.5%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.4%	3.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	2.3%	3.5%	4.1%
11 / 2017	2.4%	3.9%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.4%	4.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2016	2.8%	5.4%	4.9%
2 / 2016	2.5%	5.0%	4.9%
3 / 2016	2.4%	4.9%	5.0%
4 / 2016	1.8%	4.1%	5.0%
5 / 2016	1.9%	3.7%	4.8%
6 / 2016	2.3%	4.1%	4.9%
7 / 2016	2.3%	3.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	2.6%	3.7%	4.9%
9 / 2016	1.9%	3.4%	5.0%
10 / 2016	2.4%	3.7%	4.9%
11 / 2016	2.5%	3.8%	4.7%
12 / 2016	2.8%	4.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2015	3.0%	5.4%	5.7%
2 / 2015	2.6%	4.9%	5.5%
3 / 2015	2.9%	4.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	2.9%	4.0%	5.4%
5 / 2015	2.2%	3.7%	5.6%
6 / 2015	2.6%	4.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	2.5%	3.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	2.0%	3.7%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.2%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2015	2.5%	3.8%	5.0%
11 / 2015	2.5%	4.1%	5.1%
12 / 2015	2.0%	4.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2014	4.2%	6.1%	6.6%
2 / 2014	4.1%	5.8%	6.7%
3 / 2014	4.1%	5.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	3.4%	4.7%	6.2%
5 / 2014	2.8%	4.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	3.2%	4.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	2.7%	4.2%	6.2%
8 / 2014	3.1%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2014	2.7%	3.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	2.0%	4.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	2.2%	4.4%	5.8%
12 / 2014	2.4%	4.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2013	4.0%	6.8%	8.0%
2 / 2013	3.8%	6.4%	7.7%
3 / 2013	3.7%	6.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	3.5%	5.5%	7.6%
5 / 2013	3.1%	4.9%	7.5%
6 / 2013	3.5%	5.5%	7.5%
7 / 2013	2.8%	5.0%	7.3%
8 / 2013	2.7%	4.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	3.0%	4.5%	7.2%
10 / 2013	3.1%	4.9%	7.2%
11 / 2013	3.1%	5.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	3.4%	5.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2012	5.0%	7.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	4.8%	7.1%	8.3%
3 / 2012	4.6%	7.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	3.9%	6.2%	8.2%
5 / 2012	3.6%	5.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	4.0%	6.1%	8.2%
7 / 2012	3.6%	5.5%	8.2%
8 / 2012	3.3%	5.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	3.2%	5.1%	7.8%
10 / 2012	3.2%	5.3%	7.8%
11 / 2012	2.8%	5.5%	7.7%
12 / 2012	2.9%	5.8%	7.9%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2011	5.6%	8.6%	9.1%
2 / 2011	5.3%	8.3%	9.0%
3 / 2011	5.3%	8.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	5.2%	7.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	4.3%	6.6%	9.0%
6 / 2011	5.3%	7.0%	9.1%
7 / 2011	4.2%	6.5%	9.0%
8 / 2011	4.4%	6.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	4.7%	6.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	4.0%	6.1%	8.8%
11 / 2011	4.0%	6.3%	8.6%
12 / 2011	4.2%	6.5%	8.5%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2010	4.7%	8.4%	9.8%
2 / 2010	4.5%	8.4%	9.8%
3 / 2010	4.0%	8.4%	9.9%
4 / 2010	4.2%	7.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	3.5%	6.8%	9.6%
6 / 2010	3.8%	7.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	3.3%	6.7%	9.4%
8 / 2010	3.1%	6.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	3.3%	6.4%	9.5%
10 / 2010	3.5%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	3.2%	7.1%	9.8%
12 / 2010	3.9%	7.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2009	4.9%	7.7%	7.8%
2 / 2009	4.9%	7.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	4.4%	7.9%	8.7%
4 / 2009	3.6%	7.0%	9.0%
5 / 2009	3.0%	6.4%	9.4%
6 / 2009	3.4%	6.7%	9.5%
7 / 2009	2.9%	6.2%	9.5%
8 / 2009	3.5%	6.2%	9.6%
9 / 2009	3.7%	6.0%	9.8%
10 / 2009	4.5%	6.2%	10.0%
11 / 2009	4.6%	6.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	5.2%	7.4%	9.9%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2008	4.3%	5.2%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.3%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.4%	5.3%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.5%	4.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.3%	4.3%	5.4%
6 / 2008	3.6%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	3.3%	4.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	3.0%	4.7%	6.1%
9 / 2008	3.5%	4.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	3.3%	5.1%	6.5%
11 / 2008	2.6%	5.7%	6.8%
12 / 2008	4.0%	6.2%	7.3%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2007	3.9%	3.9%	4.6%
2 / 2007	3.7%	3.7%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.7%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.9%	3.2%	4.5%
5 / 2007	2.7%	2.9%	4.4%
6 / 2007	2.9%	3.6%	4.6%
7 / 2007	2.6%	3.4%	4.7%
8 / 2007	2.5%	3.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	2.6%	3.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.2%	3.6%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.3%	3.9%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.7%	4.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2006	4.6%	4.8%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.7%	4.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.0%	4.4%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.3%	3.7%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.3%	3.2%	4.6%
6 / 2006	2.7%	3.6%	4.6%
7 / 2006	2.4%	3.1%	4.7%
8 / 2006	2.3%	3.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.4%	2.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.3%	2.7%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.2%	3.0%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.2%	3.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2005	5.4%	5.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.5%	5.4%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.0%	5.2%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.8%	4.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.8%	4.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.9%	4.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	3.4%	4.0%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.2%	3.8%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.1%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.2%	3.6%	5.0%
11 / 2005	2.6%	3.8%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.7%	4.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2004	7.5%	6.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.5%	5.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.7%	5.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.6%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.5%	4.3%	5.6%
6 / 2004	3.9%	4.8%	5.6%
7 / 2004	3.5%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.1%	4.3%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.2%	4.1%	5.4%
10 / 2004	2.8%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	3.1%	4.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	3.5%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2003	6.0%	5.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.6%	5.3%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.3%	5.5%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.7%	4.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	2.9%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	3.6%	4.7%	6.3%
7 / 2003	2.8%	4.2%	6.2%
8 / 2003	2.3%	4.3%	6.1%
9 / 2003	2.9%	4.1%	6.1%
10 / 2003	2.6%	4.3%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.0%	4.8%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.2%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2002	4.9%	5.5%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.6%	5.3%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.7%	5.5%	5.7%
4 / 2002	3.8%	4.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	2.8%	3.9%	5.8%
6 / 2002	3.4%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	2.6%	3.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	2.0%	3.7%	5.7%
9 / 2002	2.7%	3.5%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.2%	3.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.5%	4.4%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.0%	4.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2001	4.4%	5.8%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.3%	5.5%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.6%	5.5%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.0%	4.8%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.6%	4.1%	4.3%
6 / 2001	2.5%	4.5%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.7%	3.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	2.5%	3.9%	4.9%
9 / 2001	2.5%	3.7%	5.0%
10 / 2001	2.4%	3.9%	5.3%
11 / 2001	2.9%	4.4%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.4%	4.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2000	5.6%	6.3%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.4%	6.0%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.4%	5.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.5%	5.1%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.6%	4.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.6%	4.9%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.0%	4.4%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.9%	4.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.9%	4.2%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.0%	4.3%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.2%	4.7%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.5%	4.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1999	5.8%	6.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	4.8%	6.5%	4.4%
3 / 1999	4.6%	6.3%	4.2%
4 / 1999	5.3%	5.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.0%	4.8%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.2%	5.1%	4.3%
7 / 1999	2.5%	4.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	1.7%	4.6%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.2%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.3%	4.6%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.0%	4.9%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.6%	5.2%	4.0%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1998	5.1%	6.8%	4.6%
2 / 1998	5.3%	6.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.9%	6.6%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.8%	5.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.8%	5.0%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.2%	5.5%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.6%	4.8%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.3%	4.8%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.1%	4.7%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.1%	5.0%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.9%	5.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.8%	5.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1997	2.1%	6.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	1.8%	6.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	2.5%	6.3%	5.2%
4 / 1997	2.1%	5.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	0.9%	4.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	1.6%	5.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	1.6%	4.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	1.7%	4.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	1.2%	4.5%	4.9%
10 / 1997	2.1%	4.7%	4.7%
11 / 1997	2.5%	5.2%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.6%	5.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1996	1.8%	6.9%	5.6%
2 / 1996	1.5%	6.6%	5.5%
3 / 1996	2.1%	6.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	1.4%	5.6%	5.6%
5 / 1996	1.4%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 1996	1.9%	5.3%	5.3%
7 / 1996	2.2%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	1.5%	4.5%	5.1%
9 / 1996	1.6%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	1.3%	4.4%	5.2%
11 / 1996	1.3%	4.8%	5.4%
12 / 1996	1.6%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1995	1.9%	6.6%	5.6%
2 / 1995	1.1%	7.2%	5.4%
3 / 1995	3.5%	6.3%	5.4%
4 / 1995	3.7%	5.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	2.6%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 1995	2.7%	5.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	2.5%	5.0%	5.7%
8 / 1995	2.2%	5.1%	5.7%
9 / 1995	1.7%	4.8%	5.6%
10 / 1995	1.4%	5.1%	5.5%
11 / 1995	1.9%	5.6%	5.6%
12 / 1995	1.8%	5.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1994	2.0%	6.8%	6.6%
2 / 1994	2.2%	6.5%	6.6%
3 / 1994	3.3%	6.3%	6.5%
4 / 1994	1.9%	5.3%	6.4%
5 / 1994	1.5%	4.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	2.1%	5.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	2.4%	4.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	2.2%	4.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	2.0%	4.4%	5.9%
10 / 1994	1.9%	4.6%	5.8%
11 / 1994	1.5%	5.1%	5.6%
12 / 1994	1.5%	5.6%	5.5%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1993	3.7%	7.9%	7.3%
2 / 1993	3.7%	7.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	3.4%	7.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	2.9%	6.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	2.5%	5.6%	7.1%
6 / 1993	2.6%	6.1%	7.0%
7 / 1993	1.5%	5.5%	6.9%
8 / 1993	1.7%	5.3%	6.8%
9 / 1993	2.2%	5.0%	6.7%
10 / 1993	1.9%	5.2%	6.8%
11 / 1993	1.5%	5.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	1.8%	5.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1992	3.3%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1992	3.6%	8.0%	7.4%
3 / 1992	3.9%	7.8%	7.4%
4 / 1992	2.6%	6.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	2.7%	6.3%	7.6%
6 / 1992	1.9%	6.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	2.5%	6.1%	7.7%
8 / 1992	2.9%	6.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	2.9%	5.8%	7.6%
10 / 1992	2.2%	6.0%	7.3%
11 / 1992	3.4%	6.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	3.1%	6.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1991	2.7%	8.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	3.7%	8.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	4.1%	8.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	2.5%	7.3%	6.7%
5 / 1991	2.7%	6.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	3.4%	6.7%	6.9%
7 / 1991	2.7%	6.1%	6.8%
8 / 1991	2.2%	6.0%	6.9%
9 / 1991	2.1%	5.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	2.2%	6.2%	7.0%
11 / 1991	3.0%	6.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	2.4%	7.2%	7.3%

Month/Year	Powder River County, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1990	2.0%	6.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	2.6%	6.5%	5.3%
3 / 1990	2.4%	6.5%	5.2%
4 / 1990	1.9%	5.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	1.3%	5.3%	5.4%
6 / 1990	1.5%	5.9%	5.2%
7 / 1990	1.5%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 1990	1.4%	5.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	1.9%	5.4%	5.9%
10 / 1990	2.0%	5.8%	5.9%
11 / 1990	2.4%	6.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	1.7%	6.8%	6.3%