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

About 37.3¢ a month, assuming 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 17.02¢/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?

Indiana has the 24th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $4.77 a year.

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Cost to run a smart speaker in Indiana (August 2026 rates)

At 17.02¢ per kilowatt-hour — Indiana's average residential price in August 2026 — running a smart speaker costs $4.47 a year. That is 6% less than the national average of $4.77. Indiana's residential rate is up 5.0% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $4.26 to $4.47 a year.

Per hour: under 0.1¢
Per day of use: 1.2¢
Per month: 37.3¢
Per year: $4.47

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 Indiana compares

Indiana pays 17.02¢/kWh, the 24th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 30.0¢ less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same smart speaker costs $3.34 a year in Nevada and $12.40 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $9.06 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Alabama	16.33¢	35.8¢	$4.29
New Mexico	16.51¢	36.2¢	$4.34
Indiana	17.02¢	37.3¢	$4.47
Iowa	17.06¢	37.4¢	$4.48
Colorado	17.17¢	37.6¢	$4.51

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

What else costs about the same in Indiana

Toaster$5.96 a year in IN Vacuum cleaner$6.13 a year in IN Clothes iron$2.81 a year in IN

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 Indiana?: About 37.3¢ a month, assuming 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 17.02¢/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?: Indiana has the 24th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $4.77 a year.