Cost to run an air fryer in Hawaii (August 2026 rates)
At 47.18¢ per kilowatt-hour — Hawaii's average residential price in August 2026 — running an air fryer costs $59.45 a year. That is 160% more than the national average of $22.88. Hawaii's residential rate is up 22.5% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $48.55 to $59.45 a year.
- Per hour
- 49.5¢
- Per day of use
- 19.8¢
- Per month
- $4.95
- Per year
- $59.45
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 Hawaii compares
Hawaii pays 47.18¢/kWh, the most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $36.57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 29.41¢ | $3.09 | $37.06 |
| California | 29.75¢ | $3.12 | $37.48 |
| Massachusetts | 30.48¢ | $3.20 | $38.40 |
| Maine | 32.11¢ | $3.37 | $40.46 |
| Hawaii | 47.18¢ | $4.95 | $59.45 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an air fryer.
What else costs about the same in Hawaii
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 Hawaii?
- About $4.95 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 47.18¢/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?
- Hawaii has the most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $22.88 a year.