How much does a smart speaker cost per month in New Jersey?

About 53.9¢ a month, assuming 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 24.61¢/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?

New Jersey has the 10th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $4.77 a year.

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

At 24.61¢ per kilowatt-hour — New Jersey's average residential price in August 2026 — running a smart speaker costs $6.47 a year. That is 36% more than the national average of $4.77.

Per hour: under 0.1¢
Per day of use: 1.8¢
Per month: 53.9¢
Per year: $6.47

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 New Jersey compares

New Jersey pays 24.61¢/kWh, the 10th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.70 more 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
Vermont	23.84¢	52.2¢	$6.27
Connecticut	24.51¢	53.7¢	$6.44
New Jersey	24.61¢	53.9¢	$6.47
District of Columbia	25.98¢	56.9¢	$6.83
New Hampshire	27.64¢	60.5¢	$7.26

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

What else costs about the same in New Jersey

Toaster$8.62 a year in NJ Vacuum cleaner$8.86 a year in NJ Clothes iron$4.06 a year in NJ

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 New Jersey?: About 53.9¢ a month, assuming 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 24.61¢/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?: New Jersey has the 10th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $4.77 a year.