Flathead County average wage per job compared to
national and state average since 1969. The widening
divergence between Montana and Flathead County average wage
compared to the national average is a major problem and affects
the quality of life for Montana workers. The cost of living
index for Kalispell is always within 1-3 % of the national
average. Also shown is the average wage per job in logging,
lumber and Forestry and the average earnings per employed person
in Flathead County. It can be seen that the wood products
sector pays much higher wages, near the national average.
The average Earnings per Employed Person trend shows increasing
earnings above the State and County average wage per job
indicating that more people are working at more than one job to
make those total earnings closer to the national average wage per
job.
This graph provides a comparison of Flathead
County major economic sectors percent of the total economy and the
average wage per job in 1969 and 2000. This data shows that
as the service sector has increased and the wood products sector
has decreased as a percent of the total economy, the average wage
per job has significantly declined.
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