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

About $10.06 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 15.47¢/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?

Kansas has the 18th 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 Kansas (August 2026 rates)

At 15.47¢ per kilowatt-hour — Kansas's average residential price in August 2026 — running an electric clothes dryer costs $121 a year. That is 15% less than the national average of $142. Kansas's residential rate is up 5.6% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $114 to $121 a year.

Per cycle: 46.4¢
Per day: 33.1¢
Per month: $10.06
Per year: $121

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 Kansas compares

Kansas pays 15.47¢/kWh, the 18th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $20.98 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
Arizona	15.05¢	$9.78	$117
South Dakota	15.15¢	$9.85	$118
Kansas	15.47¢	$10.06	$121
Montana	15.57¢	$10.12	$121
South Carolina	15.76¢	$10.24	$123

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

What else costs about the same in Kansas

Portable air conditioner$131 a year in KS Space heater$134 a year in KS Window air conditioner$107 a year in KS

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 Kansas?: About $10.06 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 15.47¢/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?: Kansas has the 18th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $142 a year.