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Cost to run a clothes iron in Oklahoma (June 2026 rates)
At 14.33¢ per kilowatt-hour — Oklahoma's average residential price in June 2026 — running a clothes iron costs $2.36 a year. That is 22% less than the national average of $3.03. Oklahoma's residential rate is up 5.1% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $2.25 to $2.36 a year.
- Per hour
- 7.9¢
- Per day of use
- 2.4¢
- Per month
- 19.7¢
- Per year
- $2.36
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 Oklahoma compares
Oklahoma pays 14.33¢/kWh, the 9th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 66.2¢ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 14.12¢ | 19.4¢ | $2.33 |
| 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 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a clothes iron.
What else costs about the same in Oklahoma
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 Oklahoma?
- About 19.7¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 14.33¢/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?
- Oklahoma has the 9th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $3.03 a year.