How much does a pool pump cost per month in New Jersey?

About $35.44 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 24.61¢/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?

New Jersey has the 10th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $314 a year.

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

At 24.61¢ per kilowatt-hour — New Jersey's average residential price in August 2026 — running a pool pump costs $425 a year. That is 36% more than the national average of $314.

Per hour: 29.5¢
Per day of use: $2.36
Per month: $35.44
Per year: $425

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 New Jersey compares

New Jersey pays 24.61¢/kWh, the 10th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $111 more 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
Vermont	23.84¢	$34.33	$412
Connecticut	24.51¢	$35.29	$424
New Jersey	24.61¢	$35.44	$425
District of Columbia	25.98¢	$37.41	$449
New Hampshire	27.64¢	$39.80	$478

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

What else costs about the same in New Jersey

Electric baseboard heater$332 a year in NJ Heat pump$532 a year in NJ Central air conditioner$579 a year in NJ

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 New Jersey?: About $35.44 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 24.61¢/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?: New Jersey has the 10th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $314 a year.