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MATR Newsletter – May 29, 2025
The state with the best education wins!




A white-collar bloodbath – AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years

Most of them are unaware that this is about to happen,” Amodei told us. “It sounds crazy, and people just don’t believe it.” Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and others have said that mid-level coders will be unnecessary soon, perhaps in this calendar year.



How much must you earn to buy a median-priced home in Montana? $100K – $150K – $200K?

The median household income in Montana is just over $70,800.

Montana has surpassed California as the most unaffordable state for homebuyers.

. Ranked the least affordable overall, Realtor.com reports a score of 0.4 on an affordability index. My 103.5 states that Montana has surpassed California as the most unaffordable state for homebuyers.

Montana has the worst internet in the USA

Two U.S. states (Montana and Alaska) have fewer than 40% of Speedtest users that receive the minimum broadband speeds of 100/20 Mbps.


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MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

Missoula Chamber of Commerce

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Regional Economic Development

  • Wyoming Business Council, Silicon Couloir Announce Next Phase of StartUp Wyoming Following Statewide Listening Tour

    StartUp Wyoming, a collaborative effort launched in September 2024 by the WBC and Silicon Couloir, completed a six-month listening tour engaging hundreds of stakeholders through in-person interviews and virtual focus groups across all 23 counties. The resulting report identifies strengths and pain points in Wyoming’s entrepreneurial landscape, examines key recurring themes shared across communities, and outlines a preliminary framework for supporting founders of high-growth potential startups statewide.

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