Cost to run an air fryer in Oregon (August 2026 rates)
At 15.92¢ per kilowatt-hour — Oregon's average residential price in August 2026 — running an air fryer costs $20.06 a year. That is 12% less than the national average of $22.88.
- Per hour
- 16.7¢
- Per day of use
- 6.7¢
- Per month
- $1.67
- Per year
- $20.06
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 Oregon compares
Oregon pays 15.92¢/kWh, the 23rd cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.82 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 15.90¢ | $1.67 | $20.03 |
| Texas | 15.91¢ | $1.67 | $20.05 |
| Oregon | 15.92¢ | $1.67 | $20.06 |
| Missouri | 16.02¢ | $1.68 | $20.19 |
| West Virginia | 16.31¢ | $1.71 | $20.55 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an air fryer.
What else costs about the same in Oregon
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 Oregon?
- About $1.67 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 15.92¢/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?
- Oregon has the 23rd cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $22.88 a year.