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

About $11.38 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 17.51¢/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?

Indiana has the 21st most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $143 a year.

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Cost to run an electric clothes dryer in Indiana (June 2026 rates)

At 17.51¢ per kilowatt-hour — Indiana's average residential price in June 2026 — running an electric clothes dryer costs $137 a year. That is 5% less than the national average of $143. Indiana's residential rate is up 6.3% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $129 to $137 a year.

Per cycle: 52.5¢
Per day: 37.4¢
Per month: $11.38
Per year: $137

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 Indiana compares

Indiana pays 17.51¢/kWh, the 21st most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $6.47 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric clothes dryer costs $102 a year in Nevada and $411 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $309 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Colorado	17.13¢	$11.13	$134
Virginia	17.22¢	$11.19	$134
Indiana	17.51¢	$11.38	$137
Minnesota	17.52¢	$11.39	$137
Ohio	19.19¢	$12.47	$150

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

What else costs about the same in Indiana

Portable air conditioner$148 a year in IN Space heater$151 a year in IN Window air conditioner$121 a year in IN

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 Indiana?: About $11.38 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 17.51¢/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?: Indiana has the 21st most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $143 a year.