Helena Valley West Central, MT Unemployment Rate Report

Helena Valley West Central, MT Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Helena-Valley-West-Central, Montana has ranged from 2.1% in September 2021 to 10.7% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Helena-Valley-West-Central is 2.5% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Helena Valley West Central, MT Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

Helena Valley West Central, MT Current Unemployment - 2.5%

Helena Valley West Central, MT Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2022	3.0%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.6%	3.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.4%	2.8%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.4%	2.7%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.2%	2.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.6%	2.9%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.5%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.5%	2.6%	3.7%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2021	4.5%	5.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.4%	5.0%	6.2%
3 / 2021	3.8%	4.4%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.0%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	2.6%	3.2%	5.8%
6 / 2021	3.3%	4.0%	5.9%
7 / 2021	2.8%	3.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	2.7%	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	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2020	3.8%	4.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.6%	4.2%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.4%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	10.7%	11.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	6.9%	8.5%	13.3%
6 / 2020	6.0%	7.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	5.3%	6.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	4.8%	5.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	3.9%	4.6%	7.9%
10 / 2020	3.5%	4.2%	6.9%
11 / 2020	3.8%	4.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.0%	4.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2019	3.9%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.5%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.6%	4.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.7%	3.3%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.3%	2.9%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.0%	3.4%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.7%	3.1%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.9%	3.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.7%	3.0%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.7%	3.2%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.8%	3.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.0%	3.6%	3.5%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2018	4.4%	4.8%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.0%	4.5%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.9%	4.4%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.0%	3.6%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.7%	3.1%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.3%	3.6%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.0%	3.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.1%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.8%	3.0%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.9%	3.2%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.0%	3.4%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.2%	3.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2017	4.4%	5.1%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.1%	4.7%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.8%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.1%	3.8%	4.4%
5 / 2017	2.8%	3.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.3%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.1%	3.6%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.2%	3.5%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.0%	3.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.1%	3.5%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.2%	3.9%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.5%	4.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2016	4.2%	5.4%	4.9%
2 / 2016	3.7%	5.0%	4.9%
3 / 2016	3.7%	4.9%	5.0%
4 / 2016	2.9%	4.1%	5.0%
5 / 2016	2.8%	3.7%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.5%	4.1%	4.9%
7 / 2016	3.2%	3.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.1%	3.7%	4.9%
9 / 2016	2.9%	3.4%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.0%	3.7%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.1%	3.8%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.8%	4.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2015	4.4%	5.4%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.1%	4.9%	5.5%
3 / 2015	3.9%	4.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	3.1%	4.0%	5.4%
5 / 2015	3.0%	3.7%	5.6%
6 / 2015	3.5%	4.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	3.3%	3.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.0%	3.7%	5.1%
9 / 2015	2.8%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2015	2.9%	3.8%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.0%	4.1%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.4%	4.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2014	4.7%	6.1%	6.6%
2 / 2014	4.6%	5.8%	6.7%
3 / 2014	4.5%	5.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	3.7%	4.7%	6.2%
5 / 2014	3.3%	4.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	3.7%	4.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	3.5%	4.2%	6.2%
8 / 2014	3.3%	4.1%	6.1%
9 / 2014	3.1%	3.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	3.2%	4.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	3.5%	4.4%	5.8%
12 / 2014	3.6%	4.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2013	5.4%	6.8%	8.0%
2 / 2013	5.0%	6.4%	7.7%
3 / 2013	5.0%	6.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	4.2%	5.5%	7.6%
5 / 2013	3.9%	4.9%	7.5%
6 / 2013	4.5%	5.5%	7.5%
7 / 2013	4.2%	5.0%	7.3%
8 / 2013	4.0%	4.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	3.8%	4.5%	7.2%
10 / 2013	3.9%	4.9%	7.2%
11 / 2013	3.9%	5.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	4.3%	5.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2012	6.0%	7.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	5.8%	7.1%	8.3%
3 / 2012	5.7%	7.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	4.9%	6.2%	8.2%
5 / 2012	4.6%	5.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	5.1%	6.1%	8.2%
7 / 2012	4.6%	5.5%	8.2%
8 / 2012	4.4%	5.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	4.2%	5.1%	7.8%
10 / 2012	4.2%	5.3%	7.8%
11 / 2012	4.3%	5.5%	7.7%
12 / 2012	4.6%	5.8%	7.9%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2011	6.2%	8.6%	9.1%
2 / 2011	6.1%	8.3%	9.0%
3 / 2011	5.9%	8.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	5.2%	7.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	5.0%	6.6%	9.0%
6 / 2011	5.6%	7.0%	9.1%
7 / 2011	5.2%	6.5%	9.0%
8 / 2011	5.1%	6.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	4.9%	6.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	4.7%	6.1%	8.8%
11 / 2011	4.8%	6.3%	8.6%
12 / 2011	5.2%	6.5%	8.5%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2010	6.4%	8.4%	9.8%
2 / 2010	6.4%	8.4%	9.8%
3 / 2010	6.0%	8.4%	9.9%
4 / 2010	5.4%	7.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	5.0%	6.8%	9.6%
6 / 2010	5.6%	7.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	5.3%	6.7%	9.4%
8 / 2010	5.1%	6.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	5.0%	6.4%	9.5%
10 / 2010	5.0%	6.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	5.2%	7.1%	9.8%
12 / 2010	5.5%	7.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2009	5.8%	7.7%	7.8%
2 / 2009	5.5%	7.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	5.4%	7.9%	8.7%
4 / 2009	5.0%	7.0%	9.0%
5 / 2009	4.6%	6.4%	9.4%
6 / 2009	5.1%	6.7%	9.5%
7 / 2009	4.8%	6.2%	9.5%
8 / 2009	4.6%	6.2%	9.6%
9 / 2009	4.6%	6.0%	9.8%
10 / 2009	4.6%	6.2%	10.0%
11 / 2009	5.0%	6.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	5.6%	7.4%	9.9%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2008	4.3%	5.2%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.3%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.2%	5.3%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.8%	4.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.7%	4.3%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.5%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.0%	4.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.1%	4.7%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.0%	4.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.1%	5.1%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.3%	5.7%	6.8%
12 / 2008	4.7%	6.2%	7.3%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2007	3.2%	3.9%	4.6%
2 / 2007	3.2%	3.7%	4.5%
3 / 2007	2.9%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2007	2.7%	3.2%	4.5%
5 / 2007	2.5%	2.9%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.3%	3.6%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.0%	3.4%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.1%	3.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	2.9%	3.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.0%	3.6%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.3%	3.9%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.4%	4.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2006	4.3%	4.8%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.0%	4.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.9%	4.4%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.4%	3.7%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.0%	3.2%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.7%	3.6%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.1%	3.1%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.0%	3.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.6%	2.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.5%	2.7%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.5%	3.0%	4.5%
12 / 2006	2.6%	3.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2005	5.1%	5.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.7%	5.4%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.7%	5.2%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.0%	4.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.6%	4.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.3%	4.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	3.8%	4.0%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.7%	3.8%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.3%	3.6%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.4%	3.6%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.4%	3.8%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.8%	4.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2004	5.1%	6.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.7%	5.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.7%	5.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.0%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.7%	4.3%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.4%	4.8%	5.6%
7 / 2004	3.8%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.9%	4.3%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.8%	4.1%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.8%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	3.9%	4.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.0%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2003	4.8%	5.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.5%	5.3%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.5%	5.5%	5.9%
4 / 2003	3.8%	4.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	3.4%	4.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	4.2%	4.7%	6.3%
7 / 2003	3.8%	4.2%	6.2%
8 / 2003	3.5%	4.3%	6.1%
9 / 2003	3.3%	4.1%	6.1%
10 / 2003	3.3%	4.3%	6.0%
11 / 2003	3.6%	4.8%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.8%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2002	4.9%	5.5%	5.7%
2 / 2002	4.6%	5.3%	5.7%
3 / 2002	4.7%	5.5%	5.7%
4 / 2002	3.9%	4.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.4%	3.9%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.0%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	3.5%	3.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	3.4%	3.7%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.3%	3.5%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.5%	3.8%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.8%	4.4%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.1%	4.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2001	4.9%	5.8%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.5%	5.5%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.4%	5.5%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.1%	4.8%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.5%	4.1%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.2%	4.5%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.7%	3.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.8%	3.9%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.5%	3.7%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.6%	3.9%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.8%	4.4%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.9%	4.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 2000	5.2%	6.3%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.0%	6.0%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.9%	5.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.3%	5.1%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.8%	4.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.5%	4.9%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.7%	4.4%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.6%	4.4%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.5%	4.2%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.6%	4.3%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.9%	4.7%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.1%	4.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1999	5.2%	6.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	6.0%	6.5%	4.4%
3 / 1999	4.9%	6.3%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.0%	5.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.9%	4.8%	4.2%
6 / 1999	4.9%	5.1%	4.3%
7 / 1999	4.6%	4.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.5%	4.6%	4.2%
9 / 1999	4.2%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.2%	4.6%	4.1%
11 / 1999	4.1%	4.9%	4.1%
12 / 1999	4.3%	5.2%	4.0%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1998	5.7%	6.8%	4.6%
2 / 1998	5.5%	6.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.5%	6.6%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.6%	5.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.1%	5.0%	4.4%
6 / 1998	5.1%	5.5%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.7%	4.8%	4.5%
8 / 1998	4.6%	4.8%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.3%	4.7%	4.6%
10 / 1998	4.5%	5.0%	4.5%
11 / 1998	4.2%	5.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	4.1%	5.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1997	5.9%	6.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	5.5%	6.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	5.4%	6.3%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.7%	5.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.0%	4.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	5.1%	5.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.9%	4.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.7%	4.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.6%	4.5%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.9%	4.7%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.9%	5.2%	4.6%
12 / 1997	5.0%	5.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1996	6.2%	6.9%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.4%	6.6%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.4%	6.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	4.6%	5.6%	5.6%
5 / 1996	4.1%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 1996	4.7%	5.3%	5.3%
7 / 1996	4.2%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.1%	4.5%	5.1%
9 / 1996	3.6%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	3.9%	4.4%	5.2%
11 / 1996	4.0%	4.8%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.7%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1995	5.5%	6.6%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.1%	7.2%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.2%	6.3%	5.4%
4 / 1995	4.5%	5.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	4.4%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 1995	5.3%	5.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	5.2%	5.0%	5.7%
8 / 1995	5.0%	5.1%	5.7%
9 / 1995	4.6%	4.8%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.4%	5.1%	5.5%
11 / 1995	4.7%	5.6%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.7%	5.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1994	5.5%	6.8%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.3%	6.5%	6.6%
3 / 1994	4.8%	6.3%	6.5%
4 / 1994	3.7%	5.3%	6.4%
5 / 1994	3.4%	4.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	4.5%	5.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.0%	4.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	3.8%	4.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	3.4%	4.4%	5.9%
10 / 1994	3.8%	4.6%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.2%	5.1%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.7%	5.6%	5.5%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1993	6.2%	7.9%	7.3%
2 / 1993	6.0%	7.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	5.4%	7.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	4.6%	6.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	4.5%	5.6%	7.1%
6 / 1993	5.2%	6.1%	7.0%
7 / 1993	5.2%	5.5%	6.9%
8 / 1993	4.9%	5.3%	6.8%
9 / 1993	4.8%	5.0%	6.7%
10 / 1993	4.6%	5.2%	6.8%
11 / 1993	4.5%	5.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	4.6%	5.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1992	7.0%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1992	7.4%	8.0%	7.4%
3 / 1992	5.9%	7.8%	7.4%
4 / 1992	4.8%	6.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	4.7%	6.3%	7.6%
6 / 1992	5.8%	6.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	5.1%	6.1%	7.7%
8 / 1992	5.0%	6.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	4.8%	5.8%	7.6%
10 / 1992	4.8%	6.0%	7.3%
11 / 1992	5.2%	6.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	5.3%	6.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1991	6.2%	8.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	5.9%	8.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	5.6%	8.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	4.9%	7.3%	6.7%
5 / 1991	4.7%	6.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.7%	6.7%	6.9%
7 / 1991	5.6%	6.1%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.5%	6.0%	6.9%
9 / 1991	5.4%	5.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	5.5%	6.2%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.7%	6.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	6.0%	7.2%	7.3%

Month/Year	Helena Valley West Central, MT%	Montana%	National %
1 / 1990	5.4%	6.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	4.9%	6.5%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.7%	6.5%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.9%	5.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.7%	5.3%	5.4%
6 / 1990	4.7%	5.9%	5.2%
7 / 1990	4.4%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.0%	5.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.0%	5.4%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.5%	5.8%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.7%	6.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.0%	6.8%	6.3%