Cost to run a toaster in Michigan (August 2026 rates)
At 22.99¢ per kilowatt-hour — Michigan's average residential price in August 2026 — running a toaster costs $8.06 a year. That is 27% more than the national average of $6.36. Michigan's residential rate is up 10.9% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $7.26 to $8.06 a year.
- Per hour
- 27.6¢
- Per day of use
- 2.2¢
- Per month
- 67.1¢
- Per year
- $8.06
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 Michigan compares
Michigan pays 22.99¢/kWh, the 13th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.69 more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 21.40¢ | 62.5¢ | $7.50 |
| Pennsylvania | 21.77¢ | 63.6¢ | $7.63 |
| Michigan | 22.99¢ | 67.1¢ | $8.06 |
| Vermont | 23.84¢ | 69.6¢ | $8.35 |
| Connecticut | 24.51¢ | 71.6¢ | $8.59 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a toaster.
What else costs about the same in Michigan
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 Michigan?
- About 67.1¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 22.99¢/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?
- Michigan has the 13th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $6.36 a year.