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

About $10.61 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 16.32¢/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?

Oregon has the 26th 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 Oregon (June 2026 rates)

At 16.32¢ per kilowatt-hour — Oregon's average residential price in June 2026 — running an electric clothes dryer costs $127 a year. That is 11% less than the national average of $143. Oregon's residential rate is up 3.3% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $123 to $127 a year.

Per cycle: 49.0¢
Per day: 34.9¢
Per month: $10.61
Per year: $127

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 Oregon compares

Oregon pays 16.32¢/kWh, the 26th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $15.76 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
Texas	15.94¢	$10.36	$124
Missouri	16.22¢	$10.54	$127
Oregon	16.32¢	$10.61	$127
Georgia	16.36¢	$10.63	$128
Alabama	16.40¢	$10.66	$128

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

What else costs about the same in Oregon

Portable air conditioner$138 a year in OR Space heater$141 a year in OR Window air conditioner$113 a year in OR

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 Oregon?: About $10.61 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 16.32¢/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?: Oregon has the 26th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $143 a year.