How much does a pool pump cost per month in Idaho?

About $20.69 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 14.37¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a pool pump use?

Roughly 1,728 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.20 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Idaho has the 10th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $317 a year.

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Cost to run a pool pump in Idaho (June 2026 rates)

At 14.37¢ per kilowatt-hour — Idaho's average residential price in June 2026 — running a pool pump costs $248 a year. That is 22% less than the national average of $317. Idaho's residential rate is up 19.1% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $209 to $248 a year.

Per hour: 17.2¢
Per day of use: $1.38
Per month: $20.69
Per year: $248

Assumption: 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year — 1,728 kWh a year. A single-speed 1.5 HP pump. Variable-speed pumps running longer at low speed use a fraction of this. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Idaho compares

Idaho pays 14.37¢/kWh, the 10th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $68.60 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same pool pump costs $227 a year in Nevada and $911 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $684 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Kentucky	14.26¢	$20.53	$246
Oklahoma	14.33¢	$20.64	$248
Idaho	14.37¢	$20.69	$248
North Carolina	14.74¢	$21.23	$255
Mississippi	14.88¢	$21.43	$257

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

What else costs about the same in Idaho

Electric baseboard heater$194 a year in ID Heat pump$310 a year in ID Central air conditioner$338 a year in ID

Cutting the number down

Pump power rises roughly with the cube of speed, so running at half speed for twice as long uses about a quarter of the energy.
Most pools are turned over more often than they need. Cutting an hour a day is free money all season.
A variable-speed pump is one of the few upgrades that routinely pays back within two seasons.

Questions

How much does a pool pump cost per month in Idaho?: About $20.69 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 14.37¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a pool pump use?: Roughly 1,728 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.20 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Idaho has the 10th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $317 a year.