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How many licensed boiler operators are in Montana?

How many are licensed in Montana, what level they hold, and how that compares per resident.

As of October 6, 2026, Montana has 2,405 licensed boiler operators on its state register.

2,405
licensed boiler operators
212.3
per 100k residents
#5
of 20 states

What level they hold

Journeyman2,405

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“How many boiler operators” has more than one honest answer, and published figures disagree because they count different things without saying so. Here is each measure ATI holds for Montana, named.

MeasureCountWhat it counts
Licensed workers on the state register2,405Records the register does not mark expired, revoked or surrendered, and that it evidences as a license actually held. This is the figure every ATI surface reports as `current`, and the figure this page leads with.
...of those, explicitly marked active2,329The narrower subset a register flags as active. Smaller, because many states publish no status at all and those records are counted above but not here.
All license records, active or not5,651Includes lapsed, expired and inactive records. Larger, and not a workforce count.
Industry employment (BLS QCEW)4,697Everyone on the payroll of establishments in this industry, including office and sales staff, and counting a person once per job rather than once per license.
Employer establishments599Physical business locations, not people. BLS QCEW where the county is disclosed, otherwise an ATI estimate on the same occupation share.
Registered apprentices20In a registered program, working toward a license but not yet holding one.

ATI's headline figure is the first row: individual people holding an active license, counted from the state register itself and refreshed nightly. See methodology and sources.

How Montana compares

StateLicensed boiler operatorsPer 100k
District of Columbia3,165466.1
Oregon2,44657.8
Montana2,405212.3
Michigan2,12521.2
Maine2,114151.5

Montana is part of 51,348 licensed boiler operators nationally, and ranks #3 of 14 published states by per-capita density.

Common questions

How many licensed boiler operators are there in Montana?
As of October 6, 2026, Montana has 2,405 licensed boiler operators on its state register.
How many boiler operators per capita does Montana have?
Montana has 212.3 licensed boiler operators per 100,000 residents (Census 2023 population).
Is this the same as employment estimates?
No. This is a count of license records on the state register, not a BLS survey estimate of employment. Licensed capacity and estimated employment are different numbers.
How often is this updated?
The register is re-pulled and re-judged nightly. Every figure carries its as-of date.

Related pages

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Montana licensed trades supply
License
How to get a boiler operator license in Montana
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Electricians in Montana
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