Lodging managers job market in Montana

Name: Lodging managers in Montana: occupation-weighted industry context
Creator: JobMarketHealth

Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.

The headline

Montana industry employment changed 1.8 percentage points above the U.S. benchmark

A data-driven view of the industries that employ Lodging managers in Montana.

Verified QCEW 2026 Q1January to March 2026 · State coverage 100% · BLS QCEWCitation Evidence record

Occupation pay

What Lodging managers earn in Montana

BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.

BLS OEWS source

Median annual wage

$66,580Montana

Middle 50% of published wages: $57,910 – $79,000
U.S. median annual wage: $69,250
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 Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.

Pay around Montana

How median pay varies by metro area

Published BLS OEWS metro estimates for Lodging managers, compared with the Montana median of $66,580.

Montana median$66,580

Billings, MT$74,950+12.6% vs. state

Middle 50%$59,430 – $79,970Published employment80

Bozeman, MT$73,870+10.9% vs. state

Middle 50%$61,520 – $90,890Published employment160

Missoula, MT$62,190−6.6% vs. state

Middle 50%$56,780 – $80,650Published employment80

Great Falls, MT$61,760−7.2% vs. state

Middle 50%$49,490 – $77,370Published employment50

Helena, MT$61,140−8.2% vs. state

Middle 50%$50,640 – $73,160Published employment40

Areas are ordered by published median wage for readability, not as an overall job-market ranking. The vertical marker is the Montana median. Some BLS metropolitan areas cross state lines, so a metro estimate can cover workers in more than one state.

Verified snapshot

Market at a Glance

Key changes in Montana’s weighted industry mix.

+2.4%Industry employmentMontana industry employmentU.S. +0.6%vs. +0.6% U.S.

+3.3%Establishments in weighted industriesMontana establishments in weighted industriesU.S. +2.2%vs. +2.2% U.S.

+4.7%Avg. weekly industry wageMontana avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +2.8% · not occupation payvs. +2.8% U.S. · not occupation pay

+1.8 ppGap vs. U.S. industry employmentState minus U.S. industry employment change

Percentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.

Published coverage: 5,478 represented establishments, 92.67% of the published industry mix.

Local research

What the data shows for lodging managers in Montana

Findings describe the published observation periods shown below. Research published Oct 11, 2026.

This occupation is more concentrated in the state

OEWS May 2025 places Montana's share of employment in lodging managers at 4.80 times the corresponding national share. The published location quotient expresses that comparison. The state estimate is 670 jobs, 1.6% of the national employment estimate for this occupation. It represents 1.32 jobs per thousand jobs in the state's OEWS employment universe. Employment concentration does not establish future growth; it describes employment share, not current hiring.

OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWS

OEWS employment estimates describe covered wage-and-salary jobs and exclude self-employed workers; location quotients do not measure vacancies or worker demand.

Leisure and hospitality has the largest positive weighted contribution

Leisure and hospitality supplies 95.7% 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 +2.5%. Each leading industry group is weighted by its share of the occupation's national industry mix, and the groups examined cover 97.2% of that mix. These contributions do not count occupation jobs created.

January to March 2026 · BLS QCEW

Pay differs widely between metro areas

Helena, MT and Billings, MT define the low and high ends of this published median-pay comparison for Montana. Their estimates are $61,140 and $74,950, respectively, in OEWS May 2025; the high end is 22.6% higher. The comparison includes 5 metro areas on the same wage basis and does not measure living costs or job availability.

OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWS

Metro estimates may include areas in neighboring states. The comparison covers published metro estimates, not every part of the state.

Industry 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.

Latest published values

Montana · 2026 Q1+2.4%
U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark+0.6%

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Quarterly Montana industry employment changes and coverage
Quarter	Montana	Coverage
2024 Q2	+2.0%	100%
2024 Q3	+2.2%	100%
2024 Q4	+0.1%	100%
2025 Q1	+0.8%	100%
2025 Q2	-1.0%	100%
2025 Q3	-0.4%	100%
2025 Q4	+1.5%	100%
2026 Q1	+2.4%	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: +0.6%

Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.

Industry context

Where Lodging managers Work

The occupation mix determines which Montana industries are weighted into this view.

Industries weighted into the Montana Lodging managers context
Industry group	Occupation mix	Employment change	Establishments	Avg. weekly industry wage
Leisure and hospitality	90.1%	+2.5%	5,478	$579
Professional and business services	3.9%	+1.8%	14,775	$1,698
State and local	1.1%	-1.5%	1,397	$1,102
Private education and health services	0.9%	+2.0%	6,344	$1,246
Other services	0.9%	+1.4%	4,626	$889
Trade, transportation, and utilities	0.2%	-0.6%	9,801	$1,094

Which industries are growing?

4 weighted industries are growing

Only weighted industries with a published positive Montana employment change are listed.

Leisure and hospitality+2.5%
Private education and health services+2.0%
Professional and business services+1.8%
Other services+1.4%

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 Lodging managers 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

129.5Postings index · February 1, 2020 = 100Observation: Oct 23, 2026

+29.5%Versus the February 2020 baseline

+3.0%Change over about four weeksSep 25, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026

Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100

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View values: Indeed postings index

Indeed postings index
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.

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Statewide layoff notices

Statewide layoff-notice filings

Montana statewide

0 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

Source last checked 2026-11-02 17:20 UTC

Career context

Related roles from the occupation’s published O*NET profile.

Questions answered by this release

Lodging managers in Montana FAQs

Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.

Is employment growing for Lodging managers in Montana?

The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Montana industries weighted to Lodging managers changed +2.4% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with +0.6% nationwide.

Are wages for Lodging managers rising in Montana?

QCEW does not publish pay for Lodging managers in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +4.7% 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 Lodging managers 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: Lodging managers
SOC code: 11-9081
State: Montana
QCEW release label: QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period: 2026 Q1
State industry employment, year over year: +2.4%State data coverage 100%
U.S. benchmark, year over year: +0.6%
Difference from U.S. benchmark: +1.8 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: +3.3%State data coverage 100%
Average weekly industry wage, year over year: +4.7%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/lodging-managers/montana#evidence-record
Derived by: JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix

Methodology BLS QCEW How to cite QCEW 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.