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Cost to run an electric lawn mower in Vermont (August 2026 rates)
At 23.84¢ per kilowatt-hour — Vermont's average residential price in August 2026 — running an electric lawn mower costs $9.92 a year. That is 31% more than the national average of $7.55. Vermont's residential rate is up 7.9% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $9.19 to $9.92 a year.
- Per cycle
- 19.1¢
- Per day
- 2.7¢
- Per month
- 82.6¢
- Per year
- $9.92
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 Vermont compares
Vermont pays 23.84¢/kWh, the 12th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 21.77¢ | 75.5¢ | $9.06 |
| Michigan | 22.99¢ | 79.7¢ | $9.56 |
| Vermont | 23.84¢ | 82.6¢ | $9.92 |
| Connecticut | 24.51¢ | 85.0¢ | $10.20 |
| New Jersey | 24.61¢ | 85.3¢ | $10.24 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric lawn mower.
What else costs about the same in Vermont
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 Vermont?
- About 82.6¢ a month, assuming 0.80 kWh per cycle, 1 cycles a week at 23.84¢/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?
- Vermont has the 12th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $7.55 a year.