How much does a treadmill cost per month in Alabama?

About $1.43 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 16.33¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a treadmill use?

Roughly 105 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.70 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Alabama has the 26th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $19.07 a year.

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Cost to run a treadmill in Alabama (August 2026 rates)

At 16.33¢ per kilowatt-hour — Alabama's average residential price in August 2026 — running a treadmill costs $17.15 a year. That is 10% less than the national average of $19.07.

Per hour: 11.4¢
Per day of use: 8.6¢
Per month: $1.43
Per year: $17.15

Assumption: 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year — 105 kWh a year. A residential motorized treadmill at a walking-to-jogging pace. Incline and heavier users push it higher. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Alabama compares

Alabama pays 16.33¢/kWh, the 26th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.92 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same treadmill costs $13.36 a year in Nevada and $49.54 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $36.18 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Missouri	16.02¢	$1.40	$16.82
West Virginia	16.31¢	$1.43	$17.13
Alabama	16.33¢	$1.43	$17.15
New Mexico	16.51¢	$1.44	$17.34
Indiana	17.02¢	$1.49	$17.87

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

What else costs about the same in Alabama

Microwave$17.88 a year in AL Electric kettle$17.88 a year in AL Incandescent bulb$17.88 a year in AL

Cutting the number down

The console and its screen keep drawing when the belt is stopped. Unplugging between sessions removes a standby load.

Questions

How much does a treadmill cost per month in Alabama?: About $1.43 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 16.33¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a treadmill use?: Roughly 105 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.70 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Alabama has the 26th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $19.07 a year.