How much does a toaster cost per month in Idaho?

About 39.0¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 13.37¢/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?

Idaho has the 5th 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 Idaho (August 2026 rates)

At 13.37¢ per kilowatt-hour — Idaho's average residential price in August 2026 — running a toaster costs $4.68 a year. That is 26% less than the national average of $6.36. Idaho's residential rate is up 10.7% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $4.23 to $4.68 a year.

Per hour: 16.0¢
Per day of use: 1.3¢
Per month: 39.0¢
Per year: $4.68

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 Idaho compares

Idaho pays 13.37¢/kWh, the 5th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.68 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
North Dakota	13.31¢	38.9¢	$4.66
Utah	13.31¢	38.9¢	$4.66
Idaho	13.37¢	39.0¢	$4.68
Tennessee	13.42¢	39.2¢	$4.70
Nebraska	13.54¢	39.5¢	$4.74

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

What else costs about the same in Idaho

Vacuum cleaner$4.81 a year in ID Electric blanket$5.13 a year in ID Electric lawn mower$5.56 a year in ID

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 Idaho?: About 39.0¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 13.37¢/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?: Idaho has the 5th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.36 a year.