How much does an electric clothes dryer cost per month in Arkansas?

About $9.34 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 14.37¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an electric clothes dryer use?

Roughly 780 kWh a year under these assumptions.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Arkansas has the 9th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $142 a year.

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Cost to run an electric clothes dryer in Arkansas (August 2026 rates)

At 14.37¢ per kilowatt-hour — Arkansas's average residential price in August 2026 — running an electric clothes dryer costs $112 a year. That is 21% less than the national average of $142. Arkansas's residential rate is up 7.8% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $104 to $112 a year.

Per cycle: 43.1¢
Per day: 30.7¢
Per month: $9.34
Per year: $112

Assumption: 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week — 780 kWh a year. A standard vented electric dryer. Heat-pump dryers use roughly half this per load. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Arkansas compares

Arkansas pays 14.37¢/kWh, the 9th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $29.56 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric clothes dryer costs $99.22 a year in Nevada and $368 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $269 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Nebraska	13.54¢	$8.80	$106
Kentucky	13.80¢	$8.97	$108
Arkansas	14.37¢	$9.34	$112
Mississippi	14.43¢	$9.38	$113
Wyoming	14.43¢	$9.38	$113

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric clothes dryer.

What else costs about the same in Arkansas

Portable air conditioner$121 a year in AR Space heater$124 a year in AR Window air conditioner$99.33 a year in AR

Cutting the number down

The spin speed of the washer sets the dryer's workload. A faster final spin removes water mechanically instead of thermally, which is far cheaper.
A blocked lint screen or crushed vent hose makes every load run longer at full heat.
Back-to-back loads reuse a drum that is already hot.

Questions

How much does an electric clothes dryer cost per month in Arkansas?: About $9.34 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 14.37¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an electric clothes dryer use?: Roughly 780 kWh a year under these assumptions.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Arkansas has the 9th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $142 a year.