Rates updated April 2026 · EIA data
What's actually driving your electric bill?
What every plug in your home really costs. Most cost guides assume a national-average rate — but real rates run from 12.4¢/kWh in North Dakota to 46.6¢ in Hawaii. We compute every number with your state's current rate.
Estimated appliance total
$285/mo
1,515 kWh · typical home in your state ≈ $166
- $160100%
- $74.58100%
- $20.57100%
- $12.25100%
- $4.90100%
- $3.09100%
- $2.34100%
- $2.06100%
- $1.65100%
- $1.63100%
- $1.57100%
- $0.21100%
Most-searched running costs
All 157 appliances →at typical usage, U.S. average rate
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Your state's real rate
The same space heater costs nearly 4× more to run in Hawaii than North Dakota. Every number on this site uses current state-level rates, refreshed monthly from U.S. Energy Information Administration data.
Real appliance data
157 appliances with measured wattage ranges, duty cycles, and realistic usage patterns — not the label maximums that overstate half of what's in your house.
Answers, then math
Every page leads with the number you came for, then shows the assumptions so you can adjust them to your home with the built-in calculators. See our methodology.