Montana’s unemployment rate ticks up to 3.4%

Montana’s unemployment rate ticks up to 3.4%

GREAT FALLS Governor Greg Gianforte on Tuesday announced that Montanas unemployment rate rose to 3.4 percent in December, continuing the record of four-plus consecutive years of unemployment at or below 3.4 percent.Gianforte said in a news release that Montanas unemployment rate was 1.0 percent lower than the national unemployment rate, which was 4.4 percent in December. Montana remained in the top ten states in the nation with the lowest unempl…