Helena, MT
The rest of the month in Helena
$3,138 in modelled household costs, against $5,629 take-home. Leftover is $2,491.
Where the money goes
- Taxes$1,876
- Rent$1,226
- Other living costs$1,912
- Left over$2,491
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $90,057
- Federal income tax
- −$11,427
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,889
- State income tax (MT)
- −$4,199
- Take-home pay
- $67,542
- Effective tax rate
- 25.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,226
- Groceries
- $385
- Getting around
- $517
- Healthcare
- $433
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,138
Left over each month
$7,505 gross, minus $1,876 in tax and $3,138 in living costs.
$2,491
Power bill, separately
EIA 2024 residential electricity in MT averages a $112 monthly bill at 900 kWh. The utilities line above already includes power, gas and water as a household bundle — this is the state rate as a cross-check, not an extra cost.
Non-housing lines start from BLS-order-of-magnitude national spending, then scale by this metro's cost index and your household size. Electricity rates are EIA state averages. Not a budget, not advice.