Cost to run a pool pump in Nevada (August 2026 rates)
At 12.72¢ per kilowatt-hour — Nevada's average residential price in August 2026 — running a pool pump costs $220 a year. That is 30% less than the national average of $314. Nevada's residential rate is up 1.4% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $217 to $220 a year.
- Per hour
- 15.3¢
- Per day of use
- $1.22
- Per month
- $18.32
- Per year
- $220
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 Nevada compares
Nevada pays 12.72¢/kWh, the cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $94.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 12.72¢ | $18.32 | $220 |
| Louisiana | 12.87¢ | $18.53 | $222 |
| North Dakota | 13.31¢ | $19.17 | $230 |
| Utah | 13.31¢ | $19.17 | $230 |
| Idaho | 13.37¢ | $19.25 | $231 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a pool pump.
What else costs about the same in Nevada
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 Nevada?
- About $18.32 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 12.72¢/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?
- Nevada has the cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $314 a year.