Cost to run an air fryer in Alaska (June 2026 rates)
At 28.21¢ per kilowatt-hour — Alaska's average residential price in June 2026 — running an air fryer costs $35.54 a year. That is 54% more than the national average of $23.11. Alaska's residential rate is up 5.0% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $33.86 to $35.54 a year.
- Per hour
- 29.6¢
- Per day of use
- 11.8¢
- Per month
- $2.96
- Per year
- $35.54
Assumption: 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year — 126 kWh a year. A 5-quart basket model, roughly 25 minutes of cooking a day. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Alaska compares
Alaska pays 28.21¢/kWh, the 7th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $12.44 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same air fryer costs $16.52 a year in Nevada and $66.43 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $49.91 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 24.95¢ | $2.62 | $31.44 |
| New Hampshire | 27.01¢ | $2.84 | $34.03 |
| Alaska | 28.21¢ | $2.96 | $35.54 |
| Rhode Island | 29.23¢ | $3.07 | $36.83 |
| New York | 29.49¢ | $3.10 | $37.16 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an air fryer.
What else costs about the same in Alaska
Cutting the number down
- The saving is not the wattage, it is the volume: a small cavity reaches temperature in two minutes instead of twelve.
- Cooking two batches back to back skips the second preheat entirely.
Questions
- How much does an air fryer cost per month in Alaska?
- About $2.96 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 28.21¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does an air fryer use?
- Roughly 126 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.05 kWh for every hour it runs.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Alaska has the 7th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $23.11 a year.