Cost to run a treadmill in Arkansas (August 2026 rates)
At 14.37¢ per kilowatt-hour — Arkansas's average residential price in August 2026 — running a treadmill costs $15.09 a year. That is 21% less than the national average of $19.07. Arkansas's residential rate is up 7.8% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $14.00 to $15.09 a year.
- Per hour
- 10.1¢
- Per day of use
- 7.5¢
- Per month
- $1.26
- Per year
- $15.09
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 Arkansas compares
Arkansas pays 14.37¢/kWh, the 9th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $3.98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 13.54¢ | $1.18 | $14.22 |
| Kentucky | 13.80¢ | $1.21 | $14.49 |
| Arkansas | 14.37¢ | $1.26 | $15.09 |
| Mississippi | 14.43¢ | $1.26 | $15.15 |
| Wyoming | 14.43¢ | $1.26 | $15.15 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a treadmill.
What else costs about the same in Arkansas
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 Arkansas?
- About $1.26 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 14.37¢/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?
- Arkansas has the 9th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $19.07 a year.