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

About 70.5¢ a month, assuming 5 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 19.32¢/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?

Illinois has the 18th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $7.95 a year.

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

At 19.32¢ per kilowatt-hour — Illinois's average residential price in August 2026 — running a security camera costs $8.46 a year. That is 6% more than the national average of $7.95. Illinois's residential rate is up 7.2% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $7.90 to $8.46 a year.

Per hour: under 0.1¢
Per day of use: 2.3¢
Per month: 70.5¢
Per year: $8.46

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 Illinois compares

Illinois pays 19.32¢/kWh, the 18th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 50.8¢ more 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
Virginia	17.64¢	64.4¢	$7.73
Delaware	18.70¢	68.3¢	$8.19
Illinois	19.32¢	70.5¢	$8.46
Ohio	19.38¢	70.7¢	$8.49
Wisconsin	19.41¢	70.8¢	$8.50

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

What else costs about the same in Illinois

Electric pressure cooker$8.11 a year in IL Rice cooker$8.11 a year in IL Electric lawn mower$8.04 a year in IL

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 Illinois?: About 70.5¢ a month, assuming 5 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 19.32¢/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?: Illinois has the 18th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $7.95 a year.