Vacuum Cleaner Cost by State

An upright vacuum cleaner used ~12 minutes a day, 2-3 times per week. Running one costs about $5/year at the U.S. average residential rate (18.34¢/kWh) — but the range across states is significant: from $3/year in Nevada (13.11¢/kWh) to $14/year in Hawaii (52.72¢/kWh).

Full ranking — Vacuum Cleaner running cost in all 51 states

RankStateRateCost/monthCost/year
1Nevada13.11¢/kWh$0.88$3
2Nebraska13.25¢/kWh$0.89$4
3Utah13.37¢/kWh$0.90$4
4Louisiana13.49¢/kWh$0.90$4
5Tennessee14.07¢/kWh$0.94$4
6Arkansas14.12¢/kWh$0.95$4
7North Dakota14.12¢/kWh$0.95$4
8Kentucky14.26¢/kWh$0.95$4
9Oklahoma14.33¢/kWh$0.96$4
10Idaho14.37¢/kWh$0.96$4
11North Carolina14.74¢/kWh$0.99$4
12Mississippi14.88¢/kWh$1.00$4
13Washington14.91¢/kWh$1.00$4
14New Mexico15.06¢/kWh$1.01$4
15Florida15.10¢/kWh$1.01$4
16Montana15.14¢/kWh$1.01$4
17Arizona15.18¢/kWh$1.02$4
18Wyoming15.24¢/kWh$1.02$4
19South Dakota15.36¢/kWh$1.03$4
20West Virginia15.45¢/kWh$1.03$4
21South Carolina15.55¢/kWh$1.04$4
22Kansas15.71¢/kWh$1.05$4
23Iowa15.93¢/kWh$1.07$4
24Texas15.94¢/kWh$1.07$4
25Missouri16.22¢/kWh$1.09$4
26Oregon16.32¢/kWh$1.09$4
27Georgia16.36¢/kWh$1.10$4
28Alabama16.40¢/kWh$1.10$4
29Colorado17.13¢/kWh$1.15$5
30Virginia17.22¢/kWh$1.15$5
31Indiana17.51¢/kWh$1.17$5
32Minnesota17.52¢/kWh$1.17$5
33Ohio19.19¢/kWh$1.29$5
34Delaware19.29¢/kWh$1.29$5
35Wisconsin19.56¢/kWh$1.31$5
36Illinois19.89¢/kWh$1.33$5
37Pennsylvania21.73¢/kWh$1.46$6
38Maryland21.84¢/kWh$1.46$6
39Michigan22.99¢/kWh$1.54$6
40Connecticut24.32¢/kWh$1.63$6
41District of Columbia24.39¢/kWh$1.63$6
42Vermont24.44¢/kWh$1.64$6
43New Jersey24.95¢/kWh$1.67$7
44New Hampshire27.01¢/kWh$1.81$7
45Alaska28.21¢/kWh$1.89$7
46Rhode Island29.23¢/kWh$1.96$8
47New York29.49¢/kWh$1.97$8
48Maine29.59¢/kWh$1.98$8
49Massachusetts29.61¢/kWh$1.98$8
50California34.74¢/kWh$2.33$9
51Hawaii52.72¢/kWh$3.53$14

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