Cost to run an air fryer in New Mexico (August 2026 rates)
At 16.51¢ per kilowatt-hour — New Mexico's average residential price in August 2026 — running an air fryer costs $20.80 a year. That is 9% less than the national average of $22.88. New Mexico's residential rate is up 3.3% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $20.13 to $20.80 a year.
- Per hour
- 17.3¢
- Per day of use
- 6.9¢
- Per month
- $1.73
- Per year
- $20.80
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 New Mexico compares
New Mexico pays 16.51¢/kWh, the 25th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 16.31¢ | $1.71 | $20.55 |
| Alabama | 16.33¢ | $1.71 | $20.58 |
| New Mexico | 16.51¢ | $1.73 | $20.80 |
| Indiana | 17.02¢ | $1.79 | $21.45 |
| Iowa | 17.06¢ | $1.79 | $21.50 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an air fryer.
What else costs about the same in New Mexico
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 New Mexico?
- About $1.73 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 16.51¢/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?
- New Mexico has the 25th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $22.88 a year.