According to Department of Labor and Industry Senior Economist Barbara Wagner, February was another strong month for job growth in Montana.
"Montana's unemployment rate was at 4.3 percent in February, that's down a tenth of a percentage point from last month, and that's just a continuation of the lower and lower unemployment rates that we've been seeing throughout the last three years,"
The Montana unemployment rate dipped by 0.1 percent in January, down to 4.4 percent and continues to outpace the national average, which was 5.7 percent.
Montana’s unemployment rate rose last month, jumping from 4.5 to 4.6 percent, and Montana Department of Labor and Industry Economist Barbara Wagner says this jump in the unemployment rate is actually a good thing.