How much does an electric lawn mower cost per month in Illinois?

About 67.0¢ a month, assuming 0.80 kWh per cycle, 1 cycles a week at 19.32¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an electric lawn mower use?

Roughly 42 kWh a year under these assumptions.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Illinois has the 18th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $7.55 a year.

Home › Electric lawn mower › Illinois

Cost to run an electric lawn mower in Illinois (August 2026 rates)

At 19.32¢ per kilowatt-hour — Illinois's average residential price in August 2026 — running an electric lawn mower costs $8.04 a year. That is 6% more than the national average of $7.55. Illinois's residential rate is up 7.2% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $7.50 to $8.04 a year.

Per cycle: 15.5¢
Per day: 2.2¢
Per month: 67.0¢
Per year: $8.04

Assumption: 0.80 kWh per cycle, 1 cycles a week — 42 kWh a year. One mow of a typical suburban lawn, battery or corded. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Illinois compares

Illinois pays 19.32¢/kWh, the 18th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 48.3¢ more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric lawn mower costs $5.29 a year in Nevada and $19.63 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $14.34 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Virginia	17.64¢	61.2¢	$7.34
Delaware	18.70¢	64.8¢	$7.78
Illinois	19.32¢	67.0¢	$8.04
Ohio	19.38¢	67.2¢	$8.06
Wisconsin	19.41¢	67.3¢	$8.07

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

What else costs about the same in Illinois

Electric pressure cooker$8.11 a year in IL Rice cooker$8.11 a year in IL Security camera$8.46 a year in IL

Cutting the number down

A season of mowing costs less than a single tank of gasoline, which is the real argument for the switch.
A sharp blade cuts the load on the motor and the runtime for the same lawn.

Questions

How much does an electric lawn mower cost per month in Illinois?: About 67.0¢ a month, assuming 0.80 kWh per cycle, 1 cycles a week at 19.32¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an electric lawn mower use?: Roughly 42 kWh a year under these assumptions.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Illinois has the 18th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $7.55 a year.