Sump Pump Cost by State

A 1/3 HP submersible sump pump cycling occasionally during wet seasons. Running one costs about $6/year at the U.S. average residential rate (18.83¢/kWh) — but the range across states is significant: from $4/year in North Dakota (12.35¢/kWh) to $14/year in Hawaii (46.62¢/kWh).

Full ranking — Sump Pump running cost in all 51 states

RankStateRateCost/monthCost/year
1North Dakota12.35¢/kWh$0.75$4
2Idaho12.70¢/kWh$0.77$4
3Nebraska13.28¢/kWh$0.81$4
4Oklahoma13.31¢/kWh$0.81$4
5Utah13.29¢/kWh$0.81$4
6Iowa13.86¢/kWh$0.84$4
7Montana13.90¢/kWh$0.85$4
8Missouri14.01¢/kWh$0.85$4
9Arkansas14.16¢/kWh$0.86$4
10Nevada14.29¢/kWh$0.87$4
11Washington14.36¢/kWh$0.87$4
12Louisiana14.44¢/kWh$0.88$4
13South Dakota14.52¢/kWh$0.88$4
14Wyoming14.68¢/kWh$0.89$4
15Tennessee14.94¢/kWh$0.91$4
16Kentucky15.02¢/kWh$0.91$5
17New Mexico15.15¢/kWh$0.92$5
18Florida15.38¢/kWh$0.94$5
19Georgia15.37¢/kWh$0.94$5
20Arizona15.48¢/kWh$0.94$5
21Kansas15.78¢/kWh$0.96$5
22Oregon15.78¢/kWh$0.96$5
23West Virginia16.06¢/kWh$0.98$5
24North Carolina16.25¢/kWh$0.99$5
25Minnesota16.39¢/kWh$1.00$5
26Colorado16.54¢/kWh$1.01$5
27Mississippi16.76¢/kWh$1.02$5
28Texas16.99¢/kWh$1.03$5
29South Carolina17.06¢/kWh$1.04$5
30Virginia17.38¢/kWh$1.06$5
31Alabama17.41¢/kWh$1.06$5
32Indiana17.90¢/kWh$1.09$5
33Delaware18.79¢/kWh$1.14$6
34Wisconsin19.21¢/kWh$1.17$6
35Ohio19.49¢/kWh$1.19$6
36Illinois20.47¢/kWh$1.25$6
37Michigan21.39¢/kWh$1.30$6
38Pennsylvania21.47¢/kWh$1.31$6
39Maryland22.07¢/kWh$1.34$7
40New Jersey23.53¢/kWh$1.43$7
41Vermont24.56¢/kWh$1.50$7
42District of Columbia25.41¢/kWh$1.55$8
43New Hampshire27.24¢/kWh$1.66$8
44Alaska27.35¢/kWh$1.66$8
45Rhode Island28.30¢/kWh$1.72$8
46Maine28.42¢/kWh$1.73$9
47Massachusetts29.45¢/kWh$1.79$9
48New York29.45¢/kWh$1.79$9
49Connecticut32.24¢/kWh$1.96$10
50California35.25¢/kWh$2.15$11
51Hawaii46.62¢/kWh$2.84$14

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