How much does an air fryer cost per month in Idaho?

About $1.51 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 14.37¢/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?

Idaho has the 10th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $23.11 a year.

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Cost to run an air fryer in Idaho (June 2026 rates)

At 14.37¢ per kilowatt-hour — Idaho's average residential price in June 2026 — running an air fryer costs $18.11 a year. That is 22% less than the national average of $23.11. Idaho's residential rate is up 19.1% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $15.21 to $18.11 a year.

Per hour: 15.1¢
Per day of use: 6.0¢
Per month: $1.51
Per year: $18.11

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 Idaho compares

Idaho pays 14.37¢/kWh, the 10th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $5.00 less 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
Kentucky	14.26¢	$1.50	$17.97
Oklahoma	14.33¢	$1.50	$18.06
Idaho	14.37¢	$1.51	$18.11
North Carolina	14.74¢	$1.55	$18.57
Mississippi	14.88¢	$1.56	$18.75

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an air fryer.

What else costs about the same in Idaho

Washing machine$18.68 a year in ID Laptop$17.24 a year in ID Box fan$16.17 a year in ID

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 Idaho?: About $1.51 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 14.37¢/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?: Idaho has the 10th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $23.11 a year.