Electric Clothes Dryer Cost by State
A typical electric clothes dryer running ~5 loads per week at ~45 minutes per load. Running one costs about $119/year at the U.S. average residential rate (18.83¢/kWh) — but the range across states is significant: from $78/year in North Dakota (12.35¢/kWh) to $294/year in Hawaii (46.62¢/kWh).Full ranking — Electric Clothes Dryer running cost in all 51 states
Rank State Rate Cost/month Cost/year 1 North Dakota 12.35¢/kWh $7.89 $78 2 Idaho 12.70¢/kWh $8.12 $80 3 Nebraska 13.28¢/kWh $8.49 $84 4 Utah 13.29¢/kWh $8.49 $84 5 Oklahoma 13.31¢/kWh $8.51 $84 6 Iowa 13.86¢/kWh $8.86 $87 7 Montana 13.90¢/kWh $8.88 $88 8 Missouri 14.01¢/kWh $8.96 $88 9 Arkansas 14.16¢/kWh $9.05 $89 10 Nevada 14.29¢/kWh $9.13 $90 11 Washington 14.36¢/kWh $9.18 $90 12 Louisiana 14.44¢/kWh $9.23 $91 13 South Dakota 14.52¢/kWh $9.28 $91 14 Wyoming 14.68¢/kWh $9.38 $92 15 Tennessee 14.94¢/kWh $9.55 $94 16 Kentucky 15.02¢/kWh $9.60 $95 17 New Mexico 15.15¢/kWh $9.68 $95 18 Georgia 15.37¢/kWh $9.82 $97 19 Florida 15.38¢/kWh $9.83 $97 20 Arizona 15.48¢/kWh $9.89 $98 21 Kansas 15.78¢/kWh $10.09 $99 22 Oregon 15.78¢/kWh $10.09 $99 23 West Virginia 16.06¢/kWh $10.27 $101 24 North Carolina 16.25¢/kWh $10.39 $102 25 Minnesota 16.39¢/kWh $10.48 $103 26 Colorado 16.54¢/kWh $10.57 $104 27 Mississippi 16.76¢/kWh $10.71 $106 28 Texas 16.99¢/kWh $10.86 $107 29 South Carolina 17.06¢/kWh $10.90 $107 30 Virginia 17.38¢/kWh $11.11 $109 31 Alabama 17.41¢/kWh $11.13 $110 32 Indiana 17.90¢/kWh $11.44 $113 33 Delaware 18.79¢/kWh $12.01 $118 34 Wisconsin 19.21¢/kWh $12.28 $121 35 Ohio 19.49¢/kWh $12.46 $123 36 Illinois 20.47¢/kWh $13.08 $129 37 Michigan 21.39¢/kWh $13.67 $135 38 Pennsylvania 21.47¢/kWh $13.72 $135 39 Maryland 22.07¢/kWh $14.11 $139 40 New Jersey 23.53¢/kWh $15.04 $148 41 Vermont 24.56¢/kWh $15.70 $155 42 District of Columbia 25.41¢/kWh $16.24 $160 43 New Hampshire 27.24¢/kWh $17.41 $172 44 Alaska 27.35¢/kWh $17.48 $172 45 Rhode Island 28.30¢/kWh $18.09 $178 46 Maine 28.42¢/kWh $18.17 $179 47 Massachusetts 29.45¢/kWh $18.82 $186 48 New York 29.45¢/kWh $18.82 $186 49 Connecticut 32.24¢/kWh $20.61 $203 50 California 35.25¢/kWh $22.53 $222 51 Hawaii 46.62¢/kWh $29.80 $294 Browse by state (alphabetical)
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