Cost to run an air fryer in Nebraska (June 2026 rates)
At 13.25¢ per kilowatt-hour — Nebraska's average residential price in June 2026 — running an air fryer costs $16.69 a year. That is 28% less than the national average of $23.11. Nebraska's residential rate is up 0.8% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $16.56 to $16.69 a year.
- Per hour
- 13.9¢
- Per day of use
- 5.6¢
- Per month
- $1.39
- Per year
- $16.69
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 Nebraska compares
Nebraska pays 13.25¢/kWh, the 2nd cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $6.41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 13.11¢ | $1.38 | $16.52 |
| Nebraska | 13.25¢ | $1.39 | $16.69 |
| Utah | 13.37¢ | $1.40 | $16.85 |
| Louisiana | 13.49¢ | $1.42 | $17.00 |
| Tennessee | 14.07¢ | $1.48 | $17.73 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an air fryer.
What else costs about the same in Nebraska
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 Nebraska?
- About $1.39 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 13.25¢/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?
- Nebraska has the 2nd cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $23.11 a year.