What is the Average Cost of living in Montana per month/year?

Overall the average cost of living in Montana is slightly lower than the national average of 100 coming in at 96. Food, health and miscellaneous costs such as state taxes and insurance are above average while the cost of transportation and utilities like electricity, gas and telephone are lower. Housing costs are also less than the average but depending on the location range from a low median listing price of $215,000 to the higher end median price of over $500,000.