How much does a hair dryer cost per month in Massachusetts?

About $2.40 a month, assuming 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year at 30.48¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a hair dryer use?

Roughly 94 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.80 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Massachusetts has the 3rd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $17.16 a year.

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Cost to run a hair dryer in Massachusetts (August 2026 rates)

At 30.48¢ per kilowatt-hour — Massachusetts's average residential price in August 2026 — running a hair dryer costs $28.80 a year. That is 68% more than the national average of $17.16.

Per hour: 54.9¢
Per day of use: 8.2¢
Per month: $2.40
Per year: $28.80

Assumption: 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year — 94 kWh a year. About nine minutes a day on high. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Massachusetts compares

Massachusetts pays 30.48¢/kWh, the 3rd most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $11.64 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same hair dryer costs $12.02 a year in Nevada and $44.59 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $32.56 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Alaska	29.41¢	$2.32	$27.79
California	29.75¢	$2.34	$28.11
Massachusetts	30.48¢	$2.40	$28.80
Maine	32.11¢	$2.53	$30.34
Hawaii	47.18¢	$3.72	$44.59

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a hair dryer.

What else costs about the same in Massachusetts

Slow cooker$29.26 a year in MA Wi-fi router$26.70 a year in MA Ceiling fan$26.33 a year in MA

Cutting the number down

Nearly 2,000 W sounds alarming, but a few minutes a day keeps the annual total modest.
A cool-shot finish uses a fraction of the power of the heated setting.

Questions

How much does a hair dryer cost per month in Massachusetts?: About $2.40 a month, assuming 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year at 30.48¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a hair dryer use?: Roughly 94 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.80 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Massachusetts has the 3rd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $17.16 a year.