How much does an electric pressure cooker cost per month in Virginia?

About 60.3¢ a month, assuming 1,000 W at a 35% duty cycle, 1 hours a day, 120 days a year at 17.22¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an electric pressure cooker use?

Roughly 42 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.35 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Virginia has the 22nd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.70 a year.

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Cost to run an electric pressure cooker in Virginia (June 2026 rates)

At 17.22¢ per kilowatt-hour — Virginia's average residential price in June 2026 — running an electric pressure cooker costs $7.23 a year. That is 6% less than the national average of $7.70. Virginia's residential rate is up 13.1% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $6.40 to $7.23 a year.

Per hour: 6.0¢
Per day of use: 6.0¢
Per month: 60.3¢
Per year: $7.23

Assumption: 1,000 W at a 35% duty cycle, 1 hours a day, 120 days a year — 42 kWh a year. The element runs flat out to reach pressure, then barely at all to hold it, which is why the effective duty cycle is low. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Virginia compares

Virginia pays 17.22¢/kWh, the 22nd most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 47.0¢ less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric pressure cooker costs $5.51 a year in Nevada and $22.14 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $16.64 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Alabama	16.40¢	57.4¢	$6.89
Colorado	17.13¢	60.0¢	$7.19
Virginia	17.22¢	60.3¢	$7.23
Indiana	17.51¢	61.3¢	$7.35
Minnesota	17.52¢	61.3¢	$7.36

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric pressure cooker.

What else costs about the same in Virginia

Rice cooker$7.23 a year in VA Electric lawn mower$7.16 a year in VA Security camera$7.54 a year in VA

Cutting the number down

Pressure cooking is usually the cheapest way to cook beans, stock and tough cuts, because the cook time collapses.
Natural release costs nothing; quick release wastes the heat you paid to put in.

Questions

How much does an electric pressure cooker cost per month in Virginia?: About 60.3¢ a month, assuming 1,000 W at a 35% duty cycle, 1 hours a day, 120 days a year at 17.22¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an electric pressure cooker use?: Roughly 42 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.35 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Virginia has the 22nd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.70 a year.