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Cost to run a slow cooker in Hawaii (August 2026 rates)
At 47.18¢ per kilowatt-hour — Hawaii's average residential price in August 2026 — running a slow cooker costs $45.29 a year. That is 160% more than the national average of $17.43. Hawaii's residential rate is up 22.5% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $36.99 to $45.29 a year.
- Per hour
- 9.4¢
- Per day of use
- 75.5¢
- Per month
- $3.77
- Per year
- $45.29
Assumption: 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year — 96 kWh a year. A 6-quart cooker on low. Eight hours at 200 W is less energy than one hour of oven time. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Hawaii compares
Hawaii pays 47.18¢/kWh, the most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $27.86 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same slow cooker costs $12.21 a year in Nevada and $45.29 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $33.08 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 29.41¢ | $2.35 | $28.23 |
| California | 29.75¢ | $2.38 | $28.56 |
| Massachusetts | 30.48¢ | $2.44 | $29.26 |
| Maine | 32.11¢ | $2.57 | $30.83 |
| Hawaii | 47.18¢ | $3.77 | $45.29 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a slow cooker.
What else costs about the same in Hawaii
Cutting the number down
- Long and low is genuinely cheap: the whole point is a small element holding a well-insulated pot, not a big element fighting a big cavity.
- Lifting the lid to peek costs 15 to 20 minutes of added cooking time each go.
Questions
- How much does a slow cooker cost per month in Hawaii?
- About $3.77 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year at 47.18¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a slow cooker use?
- Roughly 96 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.20 kWh for every hour it runs.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Hawaii has the most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $17.43 a year.