How much does a smart speaker cost per month in Alaska?

About 61.8¢ a month, assuming 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 28.21¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a smart speaker use?

Roughly 26 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.00 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Alaska has the 7th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $4.82 a year.

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Cost to run a smart speaker in Alaska (June 2026 rates)

At 28.21¢ per kilowatt-hour — Alaska's average residential price in June 2026 — running a smart speaker costs $7.41 a year. That is 54% more than the national average of $4.82. Alaska's residential rate is up 5.0% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $7.06 to $7.41 a year.

Per hour: under 0.1¢
Per day of use: 2.0¢
Per month: 61.8¢
Per year: $7.41

Assumption: 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year — 26 kWh a year. Idle listening. Playing music at volume draws several times more, but only while it plays. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Alaska compares

Alaska pays 28.21¢/kWh, the 7th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.59 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same smart speaker costs $3.45 a year in Nevada and $13.85 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $10.41 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
New Jersey	24.95¢	54.6¢	$6.56
New Hampshire	27.01¢	59.2¢	$7.10
Alaska	28.21¢	61.8¢	$7.41
Rhode Island	29.23¢	64.0¢	$7.68
New York	29.49¢	64.6¢	$7.75

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

What else costs about the same in Alaska

Toaster$9.88 a year in AK Vacuum cleaner$10.16 a year in AK Clothes iron$4.65 a year in AK

Cutting the number down

The interesting number is the idle draw, because that is the one that runs 8,760 hours a year.

Questions

How much does a smart speaker cost per month in Alaska?: About 61.8¢ a month, assuming 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 28.21¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a smart speaker use?: Roughly 26 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.00 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Alaska has the 7th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $4.82 a year.