How much does a 3D printer cost per month in Florida?

About 81.5¢ a month, assuming 120 W at a 60% duty cycle, 6 hours a day, 150 days a year at 15.10¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a 3D printer use?

Roughly 65 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.07 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Florida has the 15th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $11.88 a year.

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Cost to run a 3D printer in Florida (June 2026 rates)

At 15.10¢ per kilowatt-hour — Florida's average residential price in June 2026 — running a 3D printer costs $9.78 a year. That is 18% less than the national average of $11.88. Florida's residential rate is down 1.6% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $9.95 to $9.78 a year.

Per hour: 1.1¢
Per day of use: 6.5¢
Per month: 81.5¢
Per year: $9.78

Assumption: 120 W at a 60% duty cycle, 6 hours a day, 150 days a year — 65 kWh a year. A consumer FDM printer mid-print. The heated bed dominates the draw, and an enclosure lowers the duty cycle by holding heat in. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Florida compares

Florida pays 15.10¢/kWh, the 15th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.10 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same 3D printer costs $8.50 a year in Nevada and $34.16 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $25.67 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Washington	14.91¢	80.5¢	$9.66
New Mexico	15.06¢	81.3¢	$9.76
Florida	15.10¢	81.5¢	$9.78
Montana	15.14¢	81.8¢	$9.81
Arizona	15.18¢	82.0¢	$9.84

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a 3D printer.

What else costs about the same in Florida

Computer monitor$9.06 a year in FL Security camera$6.61 a year in FL Ceiling fan$13.05 a year in FL

Cutting the number down

The heated bed, not the hotend, is the load. Lowering bed temperature after the first layers cuts the average draw.
Long prints are cheap per hour but numerous: a week of continuous printing is a real line item.

Questions

How much does a 3D printer cost per month in Florida?: About 81.5¢ a month, assuming 120 W at a 60% duty cycle, 6 hours a day, 150 days a year at 15.10¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a 3D printer use?: Roughly 65 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.07 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Florida has the 15th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $11.88 a year.