HR for small business, without the overhead.
Outsourced HR services for small businesses across Montana. Real support without a full HR department.
Small business HR support that scales with you.
Small business HR support shouldn't come with corporate-sized fees or rigid retainers. Mountain HR Consulting offers HR services for small business in Montana with scope and pricing that match the size of your team, from your very first employee up through 50 and beyond.
Whether you're a startup making your first hire or an established shop ready to formalize your HR practices, we meet you where you are. Ongoing support is delivered through the HR Business Partnership; see the tiers and pricing.
Outcome: a small business HR setup you can run confidently, with help on call when you need it.
Why small businesses choose us.
Right-sized fees
No big-agency retainers. Pay for what you actually use.
Founder-friendly
We get how small businesses actually operate.
Always available
A real person to call when something comes up.
Right-sized partnership tiers, from your first hire on up.
Ongoing fractional HR support. Each tier combines HR initiatives (projects we build with you) and HR inquiries (day-to-day questions we answer). Pick the level of partnership your business actually needs.
Essentials
Owners who want an HR expert on call plus one focused project at a time.
- Up to 3 HR inquiries monthly
- One active HR initiative
- Annual HR roadmap
Growth
Growing teams that need HR answers on demand and more than one project moving.
- Unlimited HR inquiries
- Up to two active HR initiatives
- Manager coaching support
- Priority response times
- Quarterly HR strategy meeting
- Annual HR roadmap
Strategic
Leadership teams that want HR embedded in the room where decisions get made.
- Everything in Growth
- Participation in leadership meetings
- Quarterly HR roadmap planning
- Leadership advisory support
- Monthly HR strategy meeting
Every partnership starts with a free strategy session and a written scope before any work begins.
You're not limited to these packages.
The partnership tiers are the most common way to work with us, but the rest of what we do is project work: handbooks, job descriptions, SOPs, compensation analysis, hiring support, and more. Anything we'd tackle as an initiative inside a partnership can also be scoped as a one-time project, priced up front. Not sure which fits? A quick conversation is the best place to start.
Too small for a retainer, too busy to guess?
The HR Hotline gives a small team unlimited access to a real HR professional for the day-to-day questions, with no project attached. $500/month
See what fractional HR can save you.
Hiring a full-time HR manager is a big commitment. See how Mountain HR's fractional plans compare to a salaried hire. Adjust the inputs to match your situation.
You save $80,500 per year ($1,548 per week) versus hiring a full-time HR manager.
Estimate only. Full-time HR Manager salaries vary by experience, region, and benefits structure; $100K is a common Montana small-business midpoint. Fractional plans scale by team size and scope; final pricing is set in writing after the strategy session.
Ready for HR that fits your business?
A free 30-minute strategy session. We size the support to your team and your stage, so you pay for what helps and nothing you do not.