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Economic update: Workers in Missoula earn less than 80% of national average

May 26, 2021/

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There are very few places in the United States that are less affordable for workers than Missoula County, according to former University of Montana economist Bryce Ward.

“There’s almost nobody where they could move here and increase their wages and lower their housing costs,” Ward explained. “It’s almost zero.”

 

 


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