Yellowstone County · Montana
Billings, MT jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Billings, MT earn a median of $41,705 a year, 6% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 3.5% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 26.2% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $41,705#50 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 66.2%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 60,423Civilian employed, age 16+
What Billings does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance26.2%
- Retail trade12.1%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food10.9%
- Professional, scientific & management10.6%
- Construction7.5%
- Finance, insurance & real estate6.8%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities6.2%
- Other services, except public administration5.5%
- Public administration4.3%
- Manufacturing3.7%
- Wholesale trade2.6%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining1.9%
- Information1.7%
Related data for Billings
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.