Cost to run an air fryer in Delaware (August 2026 rates)
At 18.70¢ per kilowatt-hour — Delaware's average residential price in August 2026 — running an air fryer costs $23.56 a year. That is 3% more than the national average of $22.88. Delaware's residential rate is up 11.0% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $21.23 to $23.56 a year.
- Per hour
- 19.6¢
- Per day of use
- 7.9¢
- Per month
- $1.96
- Per year
- $23.56
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 Delaware compares
Delaware pays 18.70¢/kWh, the 19th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 68.0¢ more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same air fryer costs $16.03 a year in Nevada and $59.45 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $43.42 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 17.20¢ | $1.81 | $21.67 |
| Virginia | 17.64¢ | $1.85 | $22.23 |
| Delaware | 18.70¢ | $1.96 | $23.56 |
| Illinois | 19.32¢ | $2.03 | $24.34 |
| Ohio | 19.38¢ | $2.03 | $24.42 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an air fryer.
What else costs about the same in Delaware
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 Delaware?
- About $1.96 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 18.70¢/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?
- Delaware has the 19th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $22.88 a year.