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

About $1.39 a month, assuming 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year at 17.64¢/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?

Virginia has the 20th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $17.16 a year.

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

At 17.64¢ per kilowatt-hour — Virginia's average residential price in August 2026 — running a hair dryer costs $16.67 a year. That is 3% less than the national average of $17.16. Virginia's residential rate is up 11.3% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $14.98 to $16.67 a year.

Per hour: 31.8¢
Per day of use: 4.8¢
Per month: $1.39
Per year: $16.67

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 Virginia compares

Virginia pays 17.64¢/kWh, the 20th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 49.1¢ less 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
Colorado	17.17¢	$1.35	$16.23
Minnesota	17.20¢	$1.35	$16.25
Virginia	17.64¢	$1.39	$16.67
Delaware	18.70¢	$1.47	$17.67
Illinois	19.32¢	$1.52	$18.26

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

What else costs about the same in Virginia

Slow cooker$16.93 a year in VA Wi-fi router$15.45 a year in VA Ceiling fan$15.24 a year in VA

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 Virginia?: About $1.39 a month, assuming 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year at 17.64¢/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?: Virginia has the 20th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $17.16 a year.