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

About $3.20 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 30.48¢/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?

Massachusetts has the 3rd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $22.88 a year.

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Cost to run an air fryer in Massachusetts (August 2026 rates)

At 30.48¢ per kilowatt-hour — Massachusetts's average residential price in August 2026 — running an air fryer costs $38.40 a year. That is 68% more than the national average of $22.88.

Per hour: 32.0¢
Per day of use: 12.8¢
Per month: $3.20
Per year: $38.40

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 Massachusetts compares

Massachusetts pays 30.48¢/kWh, the 3rd most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $15.52 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 Massachusetts

Washing machine$39.62 a year in MA Laptop$36.58 a year in MA Box fan$34.29 a year in MA

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 Massachusetts?: About $3.20 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 30.48¢/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?: Massachusetts has the 3rd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $22.88 a year.