Cost to run a hot tub in Vermont (August 2026 rates)
At 23.84¢ per kilowatt-hour — Vermont's average residential price in August 2026 — running a hot tub costs $596 a year. That is 31% more than the national average of $454. Vermont's residential rate is up 7.9% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $552 to $596 a year.
- Per day
- $1.63
- Per month
- $49.67
- Per year
- $596
Assumption: 2,500 kWh a year. A well-insulated 400-gallon tub held at 100 F year-round in a moderate climate. A poorly insulated tub in a cold climate can double this. 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 $142 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same hot tub costs $318 a year in Nevada and $1,180 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $862 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 21.77¢ | $45.35 | $544 |
| Michigan | 22.99¢ | $47.90 | $575 |
| Vermont | 23.84¢ | $49.67 | $596 |
| Connecticut | 24.51¢ | $51.06 | $613 |
| New Jersey | 24.61¢ | $51.27 | $615 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a hot tub.
What else costs about the same in Vermont
Cutting the number down
- A good cover is the whole ballgame. Most of the energy replaces heat lost from the surface, not heat delivered to people.
- Holding temperature usually beats cooling down and reheating, because reheating a large mass of water is expensive.
- A waterlogged cover has lost its insulation value and quietly doubles the standing loss.
Questions
- How much does a hot tub cost per month in Vermont?
- About $49.67 a month, assuming 2,500 kWh a year at 23.84¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a hot tub use?
- Roughly 2,500 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 $454 a year.