Helpers--carpenters job market in Montana
Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.
The headline
Montana industry employment changed 3.9 percentage points above the U.S. benchmark
A data-driven view of the industries that employ Helpers--carpenters in Montana.
Occupation pay
What Helpers--carpenters earn in Montana
BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.
Median annual wage
$42,670Montana- Middle 50% of published wages
- $42,670 – $48,610
- U.S. median annual wage
- $43,780
- Reference period
- May 2025
The middle 50% is the 25th-to-75th percentile wage range, not an experience-level band. Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.
Verified snapshot
Market at a Glance
Key changes in Montana’s weighted industry mix.
Percentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
Published coverage: 7,876 represented establishments, 91.79% of the published industry mix.
Local research
What the data shows for helpers--carpenters in Montana
Findings describe the published observation periods shown below. Research published Oct 11, 2026.
Construction has the largest positive weighted contribution
Construction supplies 99.2% of the positive weighted contributions to this occupation's industry employment-growth proxy in Montana in January to March 2026. Its own year-over-year employment change was +5.7%. Each leading industry group is weighted by its share of the occupation's national industry mix, and the groups examined cover 96.3% of that mix. These contributions do not count occupation jobs created.
January to March 2026 · BLS QCEWIndustry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. Findings describe published data and do not establish causes. Methodology
Employment trends
Montana industry employment over time
Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.
- Montana · 2026 Q1+5.2%
- U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark+1.2%
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| Quarter | Montana | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | +1.6% | 100% |
| 2024 Q3 | +2.1% | 100% |
| 2024 Q4 | +0.7% | 100% |
| 2025 Q1 | -2.4% | 100% |
| 2025 Q2 | -1.0% | 100% |
| 2025 Q3 | -1.3% | 100% |
| 2025 Q4 | +0.6% | 100% |
| 2026 Q1 | +5.2% | 100% |
How to read this chart
State trend and national reference
The solid line follows Montana’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.
- Published quarters
- 8
- Earliest quarter
- 2024 Q2
- Latest quarter
- 2026 Q1
- U.S. benchmark
- +1.2%
Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.
Industry context
Where Helpers--carpenters Work
The occupation mix determines which Montana industries are weighted into this view.
| Industry group | Occupation mix | Employment change | Establishments | Avg. weekly industry wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 88.4% | +5.7% | 7,876 | $1,426 |
| Manufacturing | 3.3% | -1.9% | 1,904 | $1,462 |
| Professional and business services | 2.3% | +1.8% | 14,775 | $1,698 |
| Financial activities | 1.4% | 0.0% | 5,350 | $2,035 |
| Trade, transportation, and utilities | 0.9% | -0.6% | 9,801 | $1,094 |
Which industries are growing?
2 weighted industries are growing
Only weighted industries with a published positive Montana employment change are listed.
- Construction+5.7%
- Professional and business services+1.8%
The remaining weighted industries published a flat or negative change in January to March 2026.
Current Montana context
Current Montana Market Signals
Statewide indicators for all occupations in Montana. They are not Helpers--carpenters demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.
Statewide job postings
Indeed job postings · Montana
Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score
Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100
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| Observation date | Index (Feb 2020 = 100) |
|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | 128.77 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 126.91 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 124.98 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 123.87 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 122.97 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 121.72 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 121.06 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 125.08 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 125.71 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 125.66 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 126.91 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 127.46 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 129.33 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 129.48 |
This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.
Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · saved source copy. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.
Statewide layoff notices
Statewide layoff-notice filings
Montana statewide0 notices in this source
Notice dates from Aug 5, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026 (UTC), a rolling 90-calendar-day period.
What this means: No notices with notice dates in this period appear in this source for Montana. Other workforce changes may have happened without a notice in this source.
Notices describe planned workforce changes, not confirmed job losses. Notices may be amended or withdrawn. This statewide context is not occupation-specific and does not affect the Job Market Health score. Montana’s state tracking system also records smaller Rapid Response events that fall below federal WARN thresholds, so it is not a list of federal WARN filings only.
Montana Department of Labor and Industry About WARN data
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Career context
Related occupations
Related roles from the occupation’s published O*NET profile.
Questions answered by this release
Helpers--carpenters in Montana FAQs
Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.
Is employment growing for Helpers--carpenters in Montana?
The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Montana industries weighted to Helpers--carpenters changed +5.2% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with +1.2% nationwide.
Are wages for Helpers--carpenters rising in Montana?
QCEW does not publish pay for Helpers--carpenters in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +4.9% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.
How complete is this Montana industry view?
The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 100% of the occupation’s industry mix.
Does this page show current Helpers--carpenters openings?
No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.
Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 100% · full evidence record
Methodology & Sources
Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.
- Occupation
- Helpers--carpenters
- SOC code
- 47-3012
- State
- Montana
- QCEW release label
- QCEW 2026 Q1
- Data period
- 2026 Q1
- State industry employment, year over year
- +5.2%State data coverage 100%
- U.S. benchmark, year over year
- +1.2%
- Difference from U.S. benchmark
- +3.9 percentage pointsPercentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
- Establishments, year over year
- +4.9%State data coverage 100%
- Average weekly industry wage, year over year
- +4.9%State data coverage 100%
- Industry mix vintage
- EP-2025-2035
- BLS publication date
- Aug 28, 2026
- Source verification
- Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
- Canonical record URL
- https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/helpers-carpenters/montana#evidence-record
- Derived by
- JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix
MethodologyBLS QCEWHow to citeQCEW state context release, 2026 Q1
Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.