Cost to run a treadmill in Indiana (August 2026 rates)
At 17.02¢ per kilowatt-hour — Indiana's average residential price in August 2026 — running a treadmill costs $17.87 a year. That is 6% less than the national average of $19.07. Indiana's residential rate is up 5.0% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $17.02 to $17.87 a year.
- Per hour
- 11.9¢
- Per day of use
- 8.9¢
- Per month
- $1.49
- Per year
- $17.87
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 Indiana compares
Indiana pays 17.02¢/kWh, the 24th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 16.33¢ | $1.43 | $17.15 |
| New Mexico | 16.51¢ | $1.44 | $17.34 |
| Indiana | 17.02¢ | $1.49 | $17.87 |
| Iowa | 17.06¢ | $1.49 | $17.91 |
| Colorado | 17.17¢ | $1.50 | $18.03 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a treadmill.
What else costs about the same in Indiana
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 Indiana?
- About $1.49 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 17.02¢/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?
- Indiana has the 24th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $19.07 a year.