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

About 83.4¢ a month, assuming 120 W at a 60% duty cycle, 6 hours a day, 150 days a year at 15.45¢/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?

West Virginia has the 20th 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 West Virginia (June 2026 rates)

At 15.45¢ per kilowatt-hour — West Virginia's average residential price in June 2026 — running a 3D printer costs $10.01 a year. That is 16% less than the national average of $11.88. West Virginia's residential rate is down 2.3% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $10.25 to $10.01 a year.

Per hour: 1.1¢
Per day of use: 6.7¢
Per month: 83.4¢
Per year: $10.01

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 West Virginia compares

West Virginia pays 15.45¢/kWh, the 20th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.87 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
Wyoming	15.24¢	82.3¢	$9.88
South Dakota	15.36¢	82.9¢	$9.95
West Virginia	15.45¢	83.4¢	$10.01
South Carolina	15.55¢	84.0¢	$10.08
Kansas	15.71¢	84.8¢	$10.18

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

What else costs about the same in West Virginia

Computer monitor$9.27 a year in WV Security camera$6.77 a year in WV Ceiling fan$13.35 a year in WV

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 West Virginia?: About 83.4¢ a month, assuming 120 W at a 60% duty cycle, 6 hours a day, 150 days a year at 15.45¢/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?: West Virginia has the 20th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $11.88 a year.