How much does a clothes iron cost per month in Georgia?

About 21.9¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 15.90¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a clothes iron use?

Roughly 16 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.55 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Georgia has the 21st cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $3.00 a year.

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Cost to run a clothes iron in Georgia (August 2026 rates)

At 15.90¢ per kilowatt-hour — Georgia's average residential price in August 2026 — running a clothes iron costs $2.62 a year. That is 12% less than the national average of $3.00. Georgia's residential rate is up 2.3% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $2.57 to $2.62 a year.

Per hour: 8.7¢
Per day of use: 2.6¢
Per month: 21.9¢
Per year: $2.62

Assumption: 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year — 16 kWh a year. Thermostatic, so it cycles rather than drawing continuously. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Georgia compares

Georgia pays 15.90¢/kWh, the 21st cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 37.3¢ less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same clothes iron costs $2.10 a year in Nevada and $7.78 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $5.69 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Montana	15.57¢	21.4¢	$2.57
South Carolina	15.76¢	21.7¢	$2.60
Georgia	15.90¢	21.9¢	$2.62
Texas	15.91¢	21.9¢	$2.63
Oregon	15.92¢	21.9¢	$2.63

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a clothes iron.

What else costs about the same in Georgia

Led bulb$2.61 a year in GA String of christmas lights$1.07 a year in GA Smart speaker$4.18 a year in GA

Cutting the number down

Ironing a batch on one heat-up costs far less than heating the plate from cold for each shirt.

Questions

How much does a clothes iron cost per month in Georgia?: About 21.9¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 15.90¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a clothes iron use?: Roughly 16 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.55 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Georgia has the 21st cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $3.00 a year.