Book retailers & news dealers in Montana 37 establishments · 272 employees · 2024
Firms (MT)
37
Employment
272
Avg Annual Pay
$26,931
State Rank
#42 of 52
How Montana compares to national
Metric
Montana
National
Montana vs. U.S.
Establishments
37
7,900
0.5% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$26,931
$31,213
-$4,282 (-13.7%)
Location quotient
0.89
1.00
11% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
7.4
8.4
—
Year-over-year firm growth
+19.4%
—
—
Reading this
An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 0.89 means book retailers & news dealers are 11% under-represented in Montana's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 459210. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json