Categories Listed

• Career Information - What skills are required for different occupations, how to plan and train for various occupations.

• Census Information - Available from the Census Bureau and the Census and Economic Information Center (CEIC), Median Family Income, Per Capita and Personal Income, Population, Poverty Statistics.

• Contact Information - Our Contact page contains information for the bureau, or by the program, on how to contact us through mail, phone, fax and email.

• Cost of Living (CPI) - The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in the prices paid by urban consumers for a fixed market basket of goods and services.

• County Information - Data on the largest private employers, employment by industry, employment, unemployment statistics, population, per capita income, and local information resources.

• Employers - Data on finding employers, top employers, major employers.

• Employment Information - Contains data on local area unemployment statistics, labor force statistics,employment situation and industry employment.

• How Montana Compares - Montana ranking on several categories of comparison data with other states as well as ranking information of Montana counties with each other.

• Income Information - Personal, per capita, family and median income information.

• Industry Information - Data on employment, hours, earnings occupations, and job projections.

• Job Outlook - Information on where jobs are and where they will likely be in the future by occupations and industry.

• Labor Market Information for Other States - A link to LMI net which links to labor market sites throughout the United States.

• Montana Prevailing Wage Rates - (Little Davis-Bacon Act) Occupational rates for public works contracts.

• Occupation Information - Occupational outlook by occupation and industry, wage rates, employment statistics, and skills needed.

• Publications - Links to downloadable publications from the Research and Analysis Bureau.

• Reservation Data - Research and Analysis or the Bureau of Indian Affairs calculations of unemployment rates for Montana Indians and annual labor force by reservation.

• Unemployment Rates - Information on unemployment for state and county, by place of residence (LAUS) statistics.

• Wages and Hours - Information by industry and occupations on earnings and hours with weekly, hourly, and average results.

• Workplace Injuries and Fatalities - Information on work related injuries, illnesses and fatalities in Montana.