Cost to run a toaster in Alabama (June 2026 rates)
At 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour — Alabama's average residential price in June 2026 — running a toaster costs $5.75 a year. That is 11% less than the national average of $6.43. Alabama's residential rate is up 2.1% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $5.63 to $5.75 a year.
- Per hour
- 19.7¢
- Per day of use
- 1.6¢
- Per month
- 47.9¢
- Per year
- $5.75
Assumption: 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year — 35 kWh a year. Roughly five minutes a day. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Alabama compares
Alabama pays 16.40¢/kWh, the 24th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 68.0¢ less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same toaster costs $4.59 a year in Nevada and $18.47 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $13.88 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 16.32¢ | 47.7¢ | $5.72 |
| Georgia | 16.36¢ | 47.8¢ | $5.73 |
| Alabama | 16.40¢ | 47.9¢ | $5.75 |
| Colorado | 17.13¢ | 50.0¢ | $6.00 |
| Virginia | 17.22¢ | 50.3¢ | $6.03 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a toaster.
What else costs about the same in Alabama
Cutting the number down
- High wattage, tiny runtime: a toaster is a good reminder that watts alone tell you nothing without hours.
Questions
- How much does a toaster cost per month in Alabama?
- About 47.9¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 16.40¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a toaster use?
- Roughly 35 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.20 kWh for every hour it runs.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Alabama has the 24th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.43 a year.