How much does an incandescent bulb cost per month in Arizona?

About $1.37 a month, assuming 60 W, 5 hours a day, 365 days a year at 15.05¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an incandescent bulb use?

Roughly 110 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.06 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Arizona has the 16th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $19.89 a year.

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Cost to run an incandescent bulb in Arizona (August 2026 rates)

At 15.05¢ per kilowatt-hour — Arizona's average residential price in August 2026 — running an incandescent bulb costs $16.48 a year. That is 17% less than the national average of $19.89.

Per hour: 0.9¢
Per day of use: 4.5¢
Per month: $1.37
Per year: $16.48

Assumption: 60 W, 5 hours a day, 365 days a year — 110 kWh a year. A 60 W bulb producing roughly the same 800 lumens as a 9 W LED. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Arizona compares

Arizona pays 15.05¢/kWh, the 16th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $3.41 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same incandescent bulb costs $13.93 a year in Nevada and $51.66 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $37.73 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
North Carolina	14.95¢	$1.36	$16.37
Florida	14.99¢	$1.37	$16.41
Arizona	15.05¢	$1.37	$16.48
South Dakota	15.15¢	$1.38	$16.59
Kansas	15.47¢	$1.41	$16.94

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

What else costs about the same in Arizona

Microwave$16.48 a year in AZ Electric kettle$16.48 a year in AZ Box fan$16.93 a year in AZ

Cutting the number down

The comparison is the point: identical light, nearly seven times the electricity, for the whole life of the bulb.
Replacing the handful of bulbs that burn the most hours captures most of the available saving immediately.

Questions

How much does an incandescent bulb cost per month in Arizona?: About $1.37 a month, assuming 60 W, 5 hours a day, 365 days a year at 15.05¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an incandescent bulb use?: Roughly 110 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.06 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Arizona has the 16th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $19.89 a year.