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

About $8.72 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 13.42¢/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?

Tennessee has the 6th 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 Tennessee (August 2026 rates)

At 13.42¢ per kilowatt-hour — Tennessee's average residential price in August 2026 — running an electric clothes dryer costs $105 a year. That is 26% less than the national average of $142. Tennessee's residential rate is up 2.5% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $102 to $105 a year.

Per cycle: 40.3¢
Per day: 28.7¢
Per month: $8.72
Per year: $105

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 Tennessee compares

Tennessee pays 13.42¢/kWh, the 6th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $36.97 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
Utah	13.31¢	$8.65	$104
Idaho	13.37¢	$8.69	$104
Tennessee	13.42¢	$8.72	$105
Nebraska	13.54¢	$8.80	$106
Kentucky	13.80¢	$8.97	$108

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

What else costs about the same in Tennessee

Portable air conditioner$113 a year in TN Space heater$116 a year in TN Window air conditioner$92.76 a year in TN

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 Tennessee?: About $8.72 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 13.42¢/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?: Tennessee has the 6th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $142 a year.