How much does a security camera cost per month in Idaho?

About 48.8¢ a month, assuming 5 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 13.37¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a security camera use?

Roughly 44 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.01 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Idaho has the 5th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.95 a year.

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Cost to run a security camera in Idaho (August 2026 rates)

At 13.37¢ per kilowatt-hour — Idaho's average residential price in August 2026 — running a security camera costs $5.86 a year. That is 26% less than the national average of $7.95. Idaho's residential rate is up 10.7% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $5.29 to $5.86 a year.

Per hour: under 0.1¢
Per day of use: 1.6¢
Per month: 48.8¢
Per year: $5.86

Assumption: 5 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year — 44 kWh a year. Per wired camera, including night-vision illuminators averaged over a day. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Idaho compares

Idaho pays 13.37¢/kWh, the 5th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.10 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same security camera costs $5.57 a year in Nevada and $20.66 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $15.09 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
North Dakota	13.31¢	48.6¢	$5.83
Utah	13.31¢	48.6¢	$5.83
Idaho	13.37¢	48.8¢	$5.86
Tennessee	13.42¢	49.0¢	$5.88
Nebraska	13.54¢	49.4¢	$5.93

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

What else costs about the same in Idaho

Electric pressure cooker$5.62 a year in ID Rice cooker$5.62 a year in ID Electric lawn mower$5.56 a year in ID

Cutting the number down

Individually trivial, collectively real: eight cameras around the clock is an always-on load worth knowing about.

Questions

How much does a security camera cost per month in Idaho?: About 48.8¢ a month, assuming 5 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 13.37¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a security camera use?: Roughly 44 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.01 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Idaho has the 5th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.95 a year.