How much does a clothes iron cost per month in New Mexico?

About 22.7¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 16.51¢/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?

New Mexico has the 25th most expensive 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 New Mexico (August 2026 rates)

At 16.51¢ per kilowatt-hour — New Mexico's average residential price in August 2026 — running a clothes iron costs $2.72 a year. That is 9% less than the national average of $3.00. New Mexico's residential rate is up 3.3% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $2.64 to $2.72 a year.

Per hour: 9.1¢
Per day of use: 2.7¢
Per month: 22.7¢
Per year: $2.72

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 New Mexico compares

New Mexico pays 16.51¢/kWh, the 25th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 27.2¢ 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
West Virginia	16.31¢	22.4¢	$2.69
Alabama	16.33¢	22.5¢	$2.69
New Mexico	16.51¢	22.7¢	$2.72
Indiana	17.02¢	23.4¢	$2.81
Iowa	17.06¢	23.5¢	$2.81

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

What else costs about the same in New Mexico

Led bulb$2.71 a year in NM String of christmas lights$1.11 a year in NM Smart speaker$4.34 a year in NM

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 New Mexico?: About 22.7¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 16.51¢/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?: New Mexico has the 25th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $3.00 a year.