Southwest Montana News

Silver Bow County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 789 people out of the 35,017 living in Silver Bow County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Silver Bow County has decreased compared to the 5.3% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Silver Bow County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 4%.

Of the 16,226 people who had a job during that time, 32 were employed in the Armed Forces and 16,194 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	789	4.6%
Employed	16,226	95.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	16,194	95.2%
Employed in armed forces	32	0.2%