How much does an electric oven cost per month in Washington?

About $4.06 a month, assuming 1.60 kWh per cycle, 4 cycles a week at 14.63¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an electric oven use?

Roughly 333 kWh a year under these assumptions.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Washington has the 12th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $60.44 a year.

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Cost to run an electric oven in Washington (August 2026 rates)

At 14.63¢ per kilowatt-hour — Washington's average residential price in August 2026 — running an electric oven costs $48.69 a year. That is 19% less than the national average of $60.44. Washington's residential rate is up 7.2% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $45.43 to $48.69 a year.

Per cycle: 23.4¢
Per day: 13.3¢
Per month: $4.06
Per year: $48.69

Assumption: 1.60 kWh per cycle, 4 cycles a week — 333 kWh a year. About an hour of baking at 350 F, including preheat. The element cycles rather than drawing its full 2,400 W continuously. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Washington compares

Washington pays 14.63¢/kWh, the 12th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $11.75 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric oven costs $42.33 a year in Nevada and $157 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $115 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Mississippi	14.43¢	$4.00	$48.02
Wyoming	14.43¢	$4.00	$48.02
Washington	14.63¢	$4.06	$48.69
Oklahoma	14.82¢	$4.11	$49.32
North Carolina	14.95¢	$4.15	$49.75

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

What else costs about the same in Washington

Dishwasher$45.65 a year in WA Chest freezer$43.89 a year in WA Refrigerator$58.52 a year in WA

Cutting the number down

For anything under an hour, a countertop oven or air fryer heats a far smaller cavity and usually wins outright.
Most recipes do not need a full preheat; reaching temperature with the food inside costs less than an empty preheat.
Self-clean runs the element flat out for hours and is the most expensive cycle the appliance offers.

Questions

How much does an electric oven cost per month in Washington?: About $4.06 a month, assuming 1.60 kWh per cycle, 4 cycles a week at 14.63¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an electric oven use?: Roughly 333 kWh a year under these assumptions.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Washington has the 12th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $60.44 a year.