How much does a hair dryer cost per month in New Hampshire?

About $2.18 a month, assuming 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year at 27.64¢/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?

New Hampshire has the 8th 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 New Hampshire (August 2026 rates)

At 27.64¢ per kilowatt-hour — New Hampshire's average residential price in August 2026 — running a hair dryer costs $26.12 a year. That is 52% more than the national average of $17.16. New Hampshire's residential rate is up 13.1% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $23.10 to $26.12 a year.

Per hour: 49.8¢
Per day of use: 7.5¢
Per month: $2.18
Per year: $26.12

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 New Hampshire compares

New Hampshire pays 27.64¢/kWh, the 8th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $8.96 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
New Jersey	24.61¢	$1.94	$23.26
District of Columbia	25.98¢	$2.05	$24.55
New Hampshire	27.64¢	$2.18	$26.12
Rhode Island	28.18¢	$2.22	$26.63
New York	28.65¢	$2.26	$27.07

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

What else costs about the same in New Hampshire

Slow cooker$26.53 a year in NH Wi-fi router$24.21 a year in NH Ceiling fan$23.88 a year in NH

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 New Hampshire?: About $2.18 a month, assuming 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year at 27.64¢/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?: New Hampshire has the 8th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $17.16 a year.