How much does a toaster cost per month in Georgia?

About 46.4¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 15.90¢/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?

Georgia has the 21st cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.36 a year.

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Cost to run a toaster in Georgia (August 2026 rates)

At 15.90¢ per kilowatt-hour — Georgia's average residential price in August 2026 — running a toaster costs $5.57 a year. That is 12% less than the national average of $6.36. Georgia's residential rate is up 2.3% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $5.45 to $5.57 a year.

Per hour: 19.1¢
Per day of use: 1.5¢
Per month: 46.4¢
Per year: $5.57

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 Georgia compares

Georgia pays 15.90¢/kWh, the 21st cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 79.2¢ less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same toaster costs $4.46 a year in Nevada and $16.53 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $12.07 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Montana	15.57¢	45.5¢	$5.46
South Carolina	15.76¢	46.0¢	$5.52
Georgia	15.90¢	46.4¢	$5.57
Texas	15.91¢	46.5¢	$5.57
Oregon	15.92¢	46.5¢	$5.58

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

What else costs about the same in Georgia

Vacuum cleaner$5.72 a year in GA Electric blanket$6.11 a year in GA Electric lawn mower$6.61 a year in GA

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 Georgia?: About 46.4¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 15.90¢/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?: Georgia has the 21st cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.36 a year.