How much does a rice cooker cost per month in West Virginia?

About 57.1¢ a month, assuming 700 W at a 40% duty cycle, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 16.31¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a rice cooker use?

Roughly 42 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.28 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 $7.63 a year.

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Cost to run a rice cooker in West Virginia (August 2026 rates)

At 16.31¢ per kilowatt-hour — West Virginia's average residential price in August 2026 — running a rice cooker costs $6.85 a year. That is 10% less than the national average of $7.63. West Virginia's residential rate is up 4.4% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $6.56 to $6.85 a year.

Per hour: 4.6¢
Per day of use: 3.4¢
Per month: 57.1¢
Per year: $6.85

Assumption: 700 W at a 40% duty cycle, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year — 42 kWh a year. Full draw while heating, then a low-power keep-warm hold. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

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 77.7¢ less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same rice cooker costs $5.34 a year in Nevada and $19.82 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $14.47 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Oregon	15.92¢	55.7¢	$6.69
Missouri	16.02¢	56.1¢	$6.73
West Virginia	16.31¢	57.1¢	$6.85
Alabama	16.33¢	57.2¢	$6.86
New Mexico	16.51¢	57.8¢	$6.93

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

What else costs about the same in West Virginia

Electric pressure cooker$6.85 a year in WV Electric lawn mower$6.78 a year in WV Security camera$7.14 a year in WV

Cutting the number down

Keep-warm is a small draw that runs for hours. Switching it off once the rice is done is the only real lever here.

Questions

How much does a rice cooker cost per month in West Virginia?: About 57.1¢ a month, assuming 700 W at a 40% duty cycle, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 16.31¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a rice cooker use?: Roughly 42 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.28 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 $7.63 a year.