How much does an electric blanket cost per month in West Virginia?

About 52.2¢ a month, assuming 80 W at a 50% duty cycle, 8 hours a day, 120 days a year at 16.31¢/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?

West Virginia has the 25th 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 West Virginia (August 2026 rates)

At 16.31¢ per kilowatt-hour — West Virginia's average residential price in August 2026 — running an electric blanket costs $6.26 a year. That is 10% less than the national average of $6.97. West Virginia's residential rate is up 4.4% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $6.00 to $6.26 a year.

Per hour: 0.7¢
Per day of use: 5.2¢
Per month: 52.2¢
Per year: $6.26

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 West Virginia compares

West Virginia pays 16.31¢/kWh, the 25th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 71.0¢ 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
Oregon	15.92¢	50.9¢	$6.11
Missouri	16.02¢	51.3¢	$6.15
West Virginia	16.31¢	52.2¢	$6.26
Alabama	16.33¢	52.3¢	$6.27
New Mexico	16.51¢	52.8¢	$6.34

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

What else costs about the same in West Virginia

Vacuum cleaner$5.87 a year in WV Electric lawn mower$6.78 a year in WV Toaster$5.72 a year in WV

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 West Virginia?: About 52.2¢ a month, assuming 80 W at a 50% duty cycle, 8 hours a day, 120 days a year at 16.31¢/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?: West Virginia has the 25th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.97 a year.