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

About $24.57 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 17.06¢/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?

Iowa has the 23rd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $314 a year.

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Cost to run a pool pump in Iowa (August 2026 rates)

At 17.06¢ per kilowatt-hour — Iowa's average residential price in August 2026 — running a pool pump costs $295 a year. That is 6% less than the national average of $314. Iowa's residential rate is up 10.2% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $267 to $295 a year.

Per hour: 20.5¢
Per day of use: $1.64
Per month: $24.57
Per year: $295

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.

Related calculators: see what running slower for longer saves.

How Iowa compares

Iowa pays 17.06¢/kWh, the 23rd most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $19.01 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same pool pump costs $220 a year in Nevada and $815 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $595 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
New Mexico	16.51¢	$23.77	$285
Indiana	17.02¢	$24.51	$294
Iowa	17.06¢	$24.57	$295
Colorado	17.17¢	$24.72	$297
Minnesota	17.20¢	$24.77	$297

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

What else costs about the same in Iowa

Electric baseboard heater$230 a year in IA Heat pump$368 a year in IA Central air conditioner$401 a year in IA

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 Iowa?: About $24.57 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 17.06¢/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?: Iowa has the 23rd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $314 a year.