How much does a toaster cost per month in Iowa?

About 49.8¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 17.06¢/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?

Iowa has the 23rd most expensive 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 Iowa (August 2026 rates)

At 17.06¢ per kilowatt-hour — Iowa's average residential price in August 2026 — running a toaster costs $5.98 a year. That is 6% less than the national average of $6.36. Iowa's residential rate is up 10.2% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $5.42 to $5.98 a year.

Per hour: 20.5¢
Per day of use: 1.6¢
Per month: 49.8¢
Per year: $5.98

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 Iowa compares

Iowa pays 17.06¢/kWh, the 23rd most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 38.5¢ 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
New Mexico	16.51¢	48.2¢	$5.79
Indiana	17.02¢	49.7¢	$5.96
Iowa	17.06¢	49.8¢	$5.98
Colorado	17.17¢	50.1¢	$6.02
Minnesota	17.20¢	50.2¢	$6.03

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

What else costs about the same in Iowa

Vacuum cleaner$6.14 a year in IA Electric blanket$6.55 a year in IA Electric lawn mower$7.10 a year in IA

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 Iowa?: About 49.8¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 17.06¢/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?: Iowa has the 23rd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.36 a year.