How much does a slow cooker cost per month in Indiana?

About $1.40 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year at 17.51¢/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?

Indiana has the 21st most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $17.61 a year.

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Cost to run a slow cooker in Indiana (June 2026 rates)

At 17.51¢ per kilowatt-hour — Indiana's average residential price in June 2026 — running a slow cooker costs $16.81 a year. That is 5% less than the national average of $17.61. Indiana's residential rate is up 6.3% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $15.82 to $16.81 a year.

Per hour: 3.5¢
Per day of use: 28.0¢
Per month: $1.40
Per year: $16.81

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 Indiana compares

Indiana pays 17.51¢/kWh, the 21st most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 79.7¢ less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same slow cooker costs $12.59 a year in Nevada and $50.61 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $38.03 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Colorado	17.13¢	$1.37	$16.44
Virginia	17.22¢	$1.38	$16.53
Indiana	17.51¢	$1.40	$16.81
Minnesota	17.52¢	$1.40	$16.82
Ohio	19.19¢	$1.54	$18.42

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

What else costs about the same in Indiana

Hair dryer$16.55 a year in IN Wi-fi router$15.34 a year in IN Treadmill$18.39 a year in IN

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 Indiana?: About $1.40 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year at 17.51¢/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?: Indiana has the 21st most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $17.61 a year.