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

About 42.2¢ a month, assuming 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 19.29¢/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?

Delaware has the 18th 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 Delaware (June 2026 rates)

At 19.29¢ per kilowatt-hour — Delaware's average residential price in June 2026 — running a smart speaker costs $5.07 a year. That is 5% more than the national average of $4.82. Delaware's residential rate is up 6.2% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $4.77 to $5.07 a year.

Per hour: under 0.1¢
Per day of use: 1.4¢
Per month: 42.2¢
Per year: $5.07

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 Delaware compares

Delaware pays 19.29¢/kWh, the 18th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 25.0¢ 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
Minnesota	17.52¢	38.4¢	$4.60
Ohio	19.19¢	42.0¢	$5.04
Delaware	19.29¢	42.2¢	$5.07
Wisconsin	19.56¢	42.8¢	$5.14
Illinois	19.89¢	43.6¢	$5.23

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

What else costs about the same in Delaware

Toaster$6.76 a year in DE Vacuum cleaner$6.94 a year in DE Clothes iron$3.18 a year in DE

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 Delaware?: About 42.2¢ a month, assuming 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 19.29¢/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?: Delaware has the 18th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $4.82 a year.