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 (18.83¢/kWh) — but the range across states is significant: from $3/year in North Dakota (12.35¢/kWh) to $12/year in Hawaii (46.62¢/kWh).

Full ranking — Vacuum Cleaner running cost in all 51 states

RankStateRateCost/monthCost/year
1North Dakota12.35¢/kWh$0.83$3
2Idaho12.70¢/kWh$0.85$3
3Nebraska13.28¢/kWh$0.89$4
4Oklahoma13.31¢/kWh$0.89$4
5Utah13.29¢/kWh$0.89$4
6Iowa13.86¢/kWh$0.93$4
7Montana13.90¢/kWh$0.93$4
8Missouri14.01¢/kWh$0.94$4
9Arkansas14.16¢/kWh$0.95$4
10Nevada14.29¢/kWh$0.96$4
11Washington14.36¢/kWh$0.96$4
12Louisiana14.44¢/kWh$0.97$4
13South Dakota14.52¢/kWh$0.97$4
14Wyoming14.68¢/kWh$0.98$4
15Tennessee14.94¢/kWh$1.00$4
16Kentucky15.02¢/kWh$1.01$4
17New Mexico15.15¢/kWh$1.01$4
18Florida15.38¢/kWh$1.03$4
19Georgia15.37¢/kWh$1.03$4
20Arizona15.48¢/kWh$1.04$4
21Kansas15.78¢/kWh$1.06$4
22Oregon15.78¢/kWh$1.06$4
23West Virginia16.06¢/kWh$1.08$4
24North Carolina16.25¢/kWh$1.09$4
25Minnesota16.39¢/kWh$1.10$4
26Colorado16.54¢/kWh$1.11$4
27Mississippi16.76¢/kWh$1.12$4
28Texas16.99¢/kWh$1.14$4
29South Carolina17.06¢/kWh$1.14$4
30Virginia17.38¢/kWh$1.16$5
31Alabama17.41¢/kWh$1.17$5
32Indiana17.90¢/kWh$1.20$5
33Delaware18.79¢/kWh$1.26$5
34Wisconsin19.21¢/kWh$1.29$5
35Ohio19.49¢/kWh$1.31$5
36Illinois20.47¢/kWh$1.37$5
37Michigan21.39¢/kWh$1.43$6
38Pennsylvania21.47¢/kWh$1.44$6
39Maryland22.07¢/kWh$1.48$6
40New Jersey23.53¢/kWh$1.58$6
41Vermont24.56¢/kWh$1.64$6
42District of Columbia25.41¢/kWh$1.70$7
43New Hampshire27.24¢/kWh$1.82$7
44Alaska27.35¢/kWh$1.83$7
45Rhode Island28.30¢/kWh$1.90$7
46Maine28.42¢/kWh$1.90$8
47Massachusetts29.45¢/kWh$1.97$8
48New York29.45¢/kWh$1.97$8
49Connecticut32.24¢/kWh$2.16$9
50California35.25¢/kWh$2.36$9
51Hawaii46.62¢/kWh$3.12$12

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