How much does an electric blanket cost per month in North Carolina?

About 47.8¢ a month, assuming 80 W at a 50% duty cycle, 8 hours a day, 120 days a year at 14.95¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an electric blanket use?

Roughly 38 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.04 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

North Carolina has the 14th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.97 a year.

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Cost to run an electric blanket in North Carolina (August 2026 rates)

At 14.95¢ per kilowatt-hour — North Carolina's average residential price in August 2026 — running an electric blanket costs $5.74 a year. That is 18% less than the national average of $6.97. North Carolina's residential rate is up 2.5% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $5.60 to $5.74 a year.

Per hour: 0.6¢
Per day of use: 4.8¢
Per month: 47.8¢
Per year: $5.74

Assumption: 80 W at a 50% duty cycle, 8 hours a day, 120 days a year — 38 kWh a year. Queen-size, medium setting, thermostatic. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How North Carolina compares

North Carolina pays 14.95¢/kWh, the 14th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.23 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric blanket costs $4.88 a year in Nevada and $18.12 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $13.23 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Washington	14.63¢	46.8¢	$5.62
Oklahoma	14.82¢	47.4¢	$5.69
North Carolina	14.95¢	47.8¢	$5.74
Florida	14.99¢	48.0¢	$5.76
Arizona	15.05¢	48.2¢	$5.78

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric blanket.

What else costs about the same in North Carolina

Vacuum cleaner$5.38 a year in NC Electric lawn mower$6.22 a year in NC Toaster$5.24 a year in NC

Cutting the number down

Heating the bed instead of the bedroom is one of the best ratios of comfort to kilowatt-hours in the house.
Preheating for 15 minutes and switching off at bedtime captures most of the benefit for a fraction of the runtime.

Questions

How much does an electric blanket cost per month in North Carolina?: About 47.8¢ a month, assuming 80 W at a 50% duty cycle, 8 hours a day, 120 days a year at 14.95¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an electric blanket use?: Roughly 38 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.04 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: North Carolina has the 14th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.97 a year.