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

About 18.5¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 13.42¢/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?

Tennessee has the 6th 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 Tennessee (August 2026 rates)

At 13.42¢ per kilowatt-hour — Tennessee's average residential price in August 2026 — running a clothes iron costs $2.21 a year. That is 26% less than the national average of $3.00. Tennessee's residential rate is up 2.5% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $2.16 to $2.21 a year.

Per hour: 7.4¢
Per day of use: 2.2¢
Per month: 18.5¢
Per year: $2.21

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 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 78.2¢ 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
Utah	13.31¢	18.3¢	$2.20
Idaho	13.37¢	18.4¢	$2.21
Tennessee	13.42¢	18.5¢	$2.21
Nebraska	13.54¢	18.6¢	$2.23
Kentucky	13.80¢	19.0¢	$2.28

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

What else costs about the same in Tennessee

Led bulb$2.20 a year in TN String of christmas lights90.6¢ a year in TN Smart speaker$3.53 a year in TN

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 Tennessee?: About 18.5¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 13.42¢/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?: Tennessee has the 6th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $3.00 a year.