How much does an air fryer cost per month in West Virginia?

About $1.71 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 16.31¢/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?

West Virginia has the 25th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $22.88 a year.

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

At 16.31¢ per kilowatt-hour — West Virginia's average residential price in August 2026 — running an air fryer costs $20.55 a year. That is 10% less than the national average of $22.88. West Virginia's residential rate is up 4.4% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $19.68 to $20.55 a year.

Per hour: 17.1¢
Per day of use: 6.9¢
Per month: $1.71
Per year: $20.55

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 West Virginia compares

West Virginia pays 16.31¢/kWh, the 25th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.33 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
Oregon	15.92¢	$1.67	$20.06
Missouri	16.02¢	$1.68	$20.19
West Virginia	16.31¢	$1.71	$20.55
Alabama	16.33¢	$1.71	$20.58
New Mexico	16.51¢	$1.73	$20.80

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an air fryer.

What else costs about the same in West Virginia

Washing machine$21.20 a year in WV Laptop$19.57 a year in WV Box fan$18.35 a year in WV

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 West Virginia?: About $1.71 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 16.31¢/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?: West Virginia has the 25th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $22.88 a year.