# Counties in Montana by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

All 56 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `covered_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/montana-counties

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Yellowstone County | 87,416 |
| 2 | Gallatin County | 74,277 |
| 3 | Missoula County | 65,880 |
| 4 | Flathead County | 51,035 |
| 5 | Lewis and Clark County | 39,657 |
| 6 | Cascade County | 36,192 |
| 7 | Silver Bow County | 16,486 |
| 8 | Ravalli County | 13,744 |
| 9 | Lake County | 9,694 |
| 10 | Park County | 7,396 |
| 11 | Hill County | 6,783 |
| 12 | Lincoln County | 6,194 |
| 13 | Custer County | 5,261 |
| 14 | Richland County | 4,996 |
| 15 | Fergus County | 4,697 |
| 16 | Glacier County | 4,214 |
| 17 | Beaverhead County | 4,054 |
| 18 | Big Horn County | 3,674 |
| 19 | Rosebud County | 3,616 |
| 20 | Roosevelt County | 3,430 |
| 21 | Deer Lodge County | 3,370 |
| 22 | Sanders County | 3,364 |
| 23 | Dawson County | 3,338 |
| 24 | Carbon County | 3,141 |
| 25 | Madison County | 2,981 |
| 26 | Stillwater County | 2,931 |
| 27 | Valley County | 2,826 |
| 28 | Jefferson County | 2,784 |
| 29 | Powell County | 2,457 |
| 30 | Teton County | 1,831 |
| 31 | Toole County | 1,758 |
| 32 | Broadwater County | 1,568 |
| 33 | Pondera County | 1,523 |
| 34 | Sweet Grass County | 1,478 |
| 35 | Blaine County | 1,325 |
| 36 | Sheridan County | 1,275 |
| 37 | Musselshell County | 1,274 |
| 38 | Chouteau County | 1,230 |
| 39 | Phillips County | 1,228 |
| 40 | Mineral County | 1,203 |
| 41 | Fallon County | 1,163 |
| 42 | Granite County | 931 |
| 43 | Meagher County | 704 |
| 44 | Powder River County | 619 |
| 45 | Wheatland County | 567 |
| 46 | McCone County | 562 |
| 47 | Daniels County | 549 |
| 48 | Judith Basin County | 521 |
| 49 | Liberty County | 517 |
| 50 | Prairie County | 474 |
| 51 | Carter County | 326 |
| 52 | Garfield County | 322 |
| 53 | Wibaux County | 267 |
| 54 | Golden Valley County | 228 |
| 55 | Treasure County | 206 |
| 56 | Petroleum County | 104 |