How much does a pool pump cost per month in West Virginia?

About $23.49 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 16.31¢/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?

West Virginia has the 25th 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 West Virginia (August 2026 rates)

At 16.31¢ per kilowatt-hour — West Virginia's average residential price in August 2026 — running a pool pump costs $282 a year. That is 10% less than the national average of $314. West Virginia's residential rate is up 4.4% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $270 to $282 a year.

Per hour: 19.6¢
Per day of use: $1.57
Per month: $23.49
Per year: $282

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 West Virginia compares

West Virginia pays 16.31¢/kWh, the 25th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $31.97 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
Oregon	15.92¢	$22.92	$275
Missouri	16.02¢	$23.07	$277
West Virginia	16.31¢	$23.49	$282
Alabama	16.33¢	$23.52	$282
New Mexico	16.51¢	$23.77	$285

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

What else costs about the same in West Virginia

Electric baseboard heater$220 a year in WV Heat pump$352 a year in WV Central air conditioner$384 a year in WV

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 West Virginia?: About $23.49 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 16.31¢/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?: West Virginia has the 25th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $314 a year.