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Can Missoula’s baby boomers help solve the labor shortage they created?

August 3, 2019/

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Montana has the distinction of being the oldest Western state, with a median age of nearly 40.

More than 32,000 Missoula County baby boomers are expected to retire soon, affecting about one-third of the local labor force. (Baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964.)

By Renata Birkenbuel


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