Cost to run an air fryer in Minnesota (August 2026 rates)
At 17.20¢ per kilowatt-hour — Minnesota's average residential price in August 2026 — running an air fryer costs $21.67 a year. That is 5% less than the national average of $22.88. Minnesota's residential rate is up 1.8% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $21.28 to $21.67 a year.
- Per hour
- 18.1¢
- Per day of use
- 7.2¢
- Per month
- $1.81
- Per year
- $21.67
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 Minnesota compares
Minnesota pays 17.20¢/kWh, the 21st most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.21 less 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 17.06¢ | $1.79 | $21.50 |
| Colorado | 17.17¢ | $1.80 | $21.63 |
| Minnesota | 17.20¢ | $1.81 | $21.67 |
| Virginia | 17.64¢ | $1.85 | $22.23 |
| Delaware | 18.70¢ | $1.96 | $23.56 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an air fryer.
What else costs about the same in Minnesota
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 Minnesota?
- About $1.81 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 17.20¢/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?
- Minnesota has the 21st most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $22.88 a year.