How much does a pool pump cost per month in North Carolina?

About $21.53 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 14.95¢/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?

North Carolina has the 14th cheapest 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 North Carolina (August 2026 rates)

At 14.95¢ per kilowatt-hour — North Carolina's average residential price in August 2026 — running a pool pump costs $258 a year. That is 18% less than the national average of $314. North Carolina's residential rate is up 2.5% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $252 to $258 a year.

Per hour: 17.9¢
Per day of use: $1.44
Per month: $21.53
Per year: $258

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 North Carolina compares

North Carolina pays 14.95¢/kWh, the 14th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $55.47 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
Washington	14.63¢	$21.07	$253
Oklahoma	14.82¢	$21.34	$256
North Carolina	14.95¢	$21.53	$258
Florida	14.99¢	$21.59	$259
Arizona	15.05¢	$21.67	$260

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

What else costs about the same in North Carolina

Electric baseboard heater$202 a year in NC Heat pump$323 a year in NC Central air conditioner$352 a year in NC

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 North Carolina?: About $21.53 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 14.95¢/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?: North Carolina has the 14th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $314 a year.