How much does an LED bulb cost per month in North Dakota?

About 18.2¢ a month, assuming 9 W, 5 hours a day, 365 days a year at 13.31¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an LED bulb use?

Roughly 16 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.01 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

North Dakota has the 3rd cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $2.98 a year.

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Cost to run an LED bulb in North Dakota (August 2026 rates)

At 13.31¢ per kilowatt-hour — North Dakota's average residential price in August 2026 — running an LED bulb costs $2.19 a year. That is 27% less than the national average of $2.98. North Dakota's residential rate is up 2.6% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $2.13 to $2.19 a year.

Per hour: 0.1¢
Per day of use: 0.6¢
Per month: 18.2¢
Per year: $2.19

Assumption: 9 W, 5 hours a day, 365 days a year — 16 kWh a year. A 9 W LED producing about 800 lumens, the equivalent of an old 60 W incandescent. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How North Dakota compares

North Dakota pays 13.31¢/kWh, the 3rd cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 79.7¢ less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same LED bulb costs $2.09 a year in Nevada and $7.75 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $5.66 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Nevada	12.72¢	17.4¢	$2.09
Louisiana	12.87¢	17.6¢	$2.11
North Dakota	13.31¢	18.2¢	$2.19
Utah	13.31¢	18.2¢	$2.19
Idaho	13.37¢	18.3¢	$2.20

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

What else costs about the same in North Dakota

Clothes iron$2.20 a year in ND String of christmas lights89.8¢ a year in ND Smart speaker$3.50 a year in ND

Cutting the number down

Per bulb the cost is trivial; a house has 40 of them, and that is the number that matters.
Dimming an LED does cut power draw, though not perfectly in proportion to the light output.

Questions

How much does an LED bulb cost per month in North Dakota?: About 18.2¢ a month, assuming 9 W, 5 hours a day, 365 days a year at 13.31¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an LED bulb use?: Roughly 16 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.01 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: North Dakota has the 3rd cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $2.98 a year.