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

About $15.93 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 24.51¢/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?

Connecticut has the 11th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $142 a year.

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

At 24.51¢ per kilowatt-hour — Connecticut's average residential price in August 2026 — running an electric clothes dryer costs $191 a year. That is 35% more than the national average of $142. Connecticut's residential rate is down 18.8% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $235 to $191 a year.

Per cycle: 73.5¢
Per day: 52.4¢
Per month: $15.93
Per year: $191

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 Connecticut compares

Connecticut pays 24.51¢/kWh, the 11th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $49.53 more 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
Michigan	22.99¢	$14.94	$179
Vermont	23.84¢	$15.50	$186
Connecticut	24.51¢	$15.93	$191
New Jersey	24.61¢	$16.00	$192
District of Columbia	25.98¢	$16.89	$203

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

What else costs about the same in Connecticut

Portable air conditioner$207 a year in CT Space heater$212 a year in CT Window air conditioner$169 a year in CT

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 Connecticut?: About $15.93 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 24.51¢/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?: Connecticut has the 11th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $142 a year.