Cost to run a toaster in Wisconsin (August 2026 rates)
At 19.41¢ per kilowatt-hour — Wisconsin's average residential price in August 2026 — running a toaster costs $6.80 a year. That is 7% more than the national average of $6.36. Wisconsin's residential rate is up 5.3% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $6.46 to $6.80 a year.
- Per hour
- 23.3¢
- Per day of use
- 1.9¢
- Per month
- 56.7¢
- Per year
- $6.80
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 Wisconsin compares
Wisconsin pays 19.41¢/kWh, the 16th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 43.8¢ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 19.32¢ | 56.4¢ | $6.77 |
| Ohio | 19.38¢ | 56.6¢ | $6.79 |
| Wisconsin | 19.41¢ | 56.7¢ | $6.80 |
| Maryland | 21.40¢ | 62.5¢ | $7.50 |
| Pennsylvania | 21.77¢ | 63.6¢ | $7.63 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a toaster.
What else costs about the same in Wisconsin
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 Wisconsin?
- About 56.7¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 19.41¢/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?
- Wisconsin has the 16th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $6.36 a year.