signal/AI CENSUS RELEASE / OCT 8, 2026
United States/States/Montana
State profile · West

Montana AI Statistics

Business AI adoption in Montana, its trajectory over time, and the platforms shaping this state profile.

Businesses using AI
20.4%
Previous two weeks · Census BTOS
Expect to use AI
23.0%
During the next six months · Census BTOS
Recent average
21.2%
6 of 6 biweekly observations · calculated
Versus the U.S. estimate
-3.4 pp
Latest current use · percentage point difference

Business adoption over time

Share of employer businesses · revised AI question, November 2025 onward

Montana current and expected business AI use. Full values are in the observations table below.0%20%40%60%Nov 16, 2025 · current: 14.6%Nov 30, 2025 · current: 21.3%Dec 14, 2025 · current: 16.9%Dec 28, 2025 · current: 17.2%Jan 11, 2026 · current: 14.7%Jan 25, 2026 · current: 19.0%Feb 8, 2026 · current: 19.0%Feb 22, 2026 · current: 20.4%Mar 8, 2026 · current: 18.6%Mar 22, 2026 · current: 18.9%Apr 5, 2026 · current: 21.0%Apr 19, 2026 · current: 17.5%May 3, 2026 · current: 14.4%May 17, 2026 · current: 17.8%May 31, 2026 · current: 12.4%Jun 14, 2026 · current: 27.0%Jun 28, 2026 · current: 21.5%Jul 12, 2026 · current: 20.6%Jul 26, 2026 · current: 21.4%Aug 9, 2026 · current: 26.4%Aug 23, 2026 · current: 16.2%Sep 6, 2026 · current: 22.0%Sep 20, 2026 · current: 20.4%Nov 16, 2025 · expected: 18.0%Nov 30, 2025 · expected: 21.6%Dec 14, 2025 · expected: 22.6%Dec 28, 2025 · expected: 23.3%Jan 11, 2026 · expected: 17.4%Jan 25, 2026 · expected: 22.9%Feb 8, 2026 · expected: 18.6%Feb 22, 2026 · expected: 17.9%Mar 8, 2026 · expected: 22.1%Mar 22, 2026 · expected: 23.8%Apr 5, 2026 · expected: 20.1%Apr 19, 2026 · expected: 16.9%May 3, 2026 · expected: 15.8%May 17, 2026 · expected: 22.9%May 31, 2026 · expected: 14.8%Jun 14, 2026 · expected: 25.2%Jun 28, 2026 · expected: 20.7%Jul 12, 2026 · expected: 24.5%Jul 26, 2026 · expected: 25.1%Aug 9, 2026 · expected: 25.9%Aug 23, 2026 · expected: 22.5%Sep 6, 2026 · expected: 27.1%Sep 20, 2026 · expected: 23.0%Nov 2025Apr 2026Sep 2026
Current useExpected use in next six months
Gaps indicate suppressed observations. Expected use is what businesses report anticipating, not a measured future outcome.
Reading Montana’s data

Montana’s latest reported current-use rate is 3.4 percentage points below the national estimate of 23.8%. This is a descriptive comparison of survey estimates.

Latest current-use standard error: 3.35 percentage points. State estimates are subject to sampling variation.

Coding tool scores

Score / 100

Platform scores · Montana

01
Claude Code
86
02
Cursor
83
03
OpenAI Codex
79
04
Gemini Code Assist
75
05
GitHub Copilot
64
Score scale: 0–100.

Chat platform scores

Score / 100

Platform scores · Montana

01
ChatGPT
87
02
Microsoft Copilot
71
03
Google Gemini
61
04
Claude
58
05
Perplexity
49
Score scale: 0–100.

Montana and the national benchmark

Same reference period · Sep 7, 2026–Sep 20, 2026

Montana
20.4%
United States
23.8%
0%20%40%

Census estimates are weighted survey measures of employer businesses. Different industry mixes and sampling error can affect comparisons.

Other West states

Closest recent averages · descriptive comparison

Hawaii21.0%
New Mexico19.7%
Oregon22.9%
Idaho23.3%

Average of available observations in the same six-period window. Coverage may differ.

Headquarters-based company research

AI use at Montana organizations

Selected companies headquartered in this state · public statements and reported use · reviewed October 11, 2026

Company / headquartersNamed platforms / toolsPublic AI comments & evidenceSources
onX
Missoula
Named provider not disclosedCompany hiring statement
Reviewed Oct 11, 2026

onX's engineering posting says it expects staff to use the latest tooling, including AI, thoughtfully and responsibly to improve quality, speed, and impact.

The posting does not identify Claude Code, Codex, or another specific platform.
Headquarters source ↗onX · engineering role ↗

Comments are paraphrased. Employee deployment, product integrations, pilots, and hiring statements have different scopes. A headquarters location does not locate every employee or prove state-wide tool popularity. Unnamed providers remain undisclosed. This is a selected evidence sample, not an exhaustive company census.

Browse company evidence across all 50 states ↗ · Download research data ↓

Behind the figures

Current-use question: “In the last two weeks, did this business use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in any of its business functions?”

The recent average is the arithmetic mean of available current-use estimates for the last six periods, Jun 29, 2026–Sep 20, 2026. It is calculated from the source workbook and is not an official Census aggregate. Standard errors are published Census values. The AI question broadened in November 2025, so the chart starts with the revised series.

View all 23 source observations
Reference periodCurrent useExpected useRelease date
Sep 7, 2026 – Sep 20, 202620.4%23.0%Oct 8, 2026
Aug 24, 2026 – Sep 6, 202622.0%27.1%Sep 24, 2026
Aug 10, 2026 – Aug 23, 202616.2%22.5%Sep 10, 2026
Jul 27, 2026 – Aug 9, 202626.4%25.9%Aug 27, 2026
Jul 13, 2026 – Jul 26, 202621.4%25.1%Aug 13, 2026
Jun 29, 2026 – Jul 12, 202620.6%24.5%Jul 30, 2026
Jun 15, 2026 – Jun 28, 202621.5%20.7%Jul 16, 2026
Jun 1, 2026 – Jun 14, 202627.0%25.2%Jul 2, 2026
May 18, 2026 – May 31, 202612.4%14.8%Jun 18, 2026
May 4, 2026 – May 17, 202617.8%22.9%Jun 4, 2026
Apr 20, 2026 – May 3, 202614.4%15.8%May 21, 2026
Apr 6, 2026 – Apr 19, 202617.5%16.9%May 7, 2026
Mar 23, 2026 – Apr 5, 202621.0%20.1%Apr 23, 2026
Mar 9, 2026 – Mar 22, 202618.9%23.8%Apr 9, 2026
Feb 23, 2026 – Mar 8, 202618.6%22.1%Mar 26, 2026
Feb 9, 2026 – Feb 22, 202620.4%17.9%Mar 12, 2026
Jan 26, 2026 – Feb 8, 202619.0%18.6%Feb 26, 2026
Jan 12, 2026 – Jan 25, 202619.0%22.9%Feb 12, 2026
Dec 29, 2025 – Jan 11, 202614.7%17.4%Jan 29, 2026
Dec 15, 2025 – Dec 28, 202517.2%23.3%Jan 15, 2026
Dec 1, 2025 – Dec 14, 202516.9%22.6%Dec 31, 2025
Nov 17, 2025 – Nov 30, 202521.3%21.6%Dec 18, 2025
Nov 3, 2025 – Nov 16, 202514.6%18.0%Dec 4, 2025