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

About 19.8¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 14.37¢/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?

Idaho has the 10th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $3.03 a year.

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Cost to run a clothes iron in Idaho (June 2026 rates)

At 14.37¢ per kilowatt-hour — Idaho's average residential price in June 2026 — running a clothes iron costs $2.37 a year. That is 22% less than the national average of $3.03. Idaho's residential rate is up 19.1% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $1.99 to $2.37 a year.

Per hour: 7.9¢
Per day of use: 2.4¢
Per month: 19.8¢
Per year: $2.37

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 Idaho compares

Idaho pays 14.37¢/kWh, the 10th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 65.5¢ less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same clothes iron costs $2.16 a year in Nevada and $8.70 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $6.54 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Kentucky	14.26¢	19.6¢	$2.35
Oklahoma	14.33¢	19.7¢	$2.36
Idaho	14.37¢	19.8¢	$2.37
North Carolina	14.74¢	20.3¢	$2.43
Mississippi	14.88¢	20.5¢	$2.46

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

What else costs about the same in Idaho

Led bulb$2.36 a year in ID String of christmas lights97.0¢ a year in ID Smart speaker$3.78 a year in ID

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 Idaho?: About 19.8¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 14.37¢/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?: Idaho has the 10th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $3.03 a year.