Cost to run a treadmill in Maine (August 2026 rates)
At 32.11¢ per kilowatt-hour — Maine's average residential price in August 2026 — running a treadmill costs $33.72 a year. That is 77% more than the national average of $19.07. Maine's residential rate is up 14.1% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $29.55 to $33.72 a year.
- Per hour
- 22.5¢
- Per day of use
- 16.9¢
- Per month
- $2.81
- Per year
- $33.72
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 Maine compares
Maine pays 32.11¢/kWh, the 2nd most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $14.65 more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 29.41¢ | $2.57 | $30.88 |
| California | 29.75¢ | $2.60 | $31.24 |
| Massachusetts | 30.48¢ | $2.67 | $32.00 |
| Maine | 32.11¢ | $2.81 | $33.72 |
| Hawaii | 47.18¢ | $4.13 | $49.54 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a treadmill.
What else costs about the same in Maine
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 Maine?
- About $2.81 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 32.11¢/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?
- Maine has the 2nd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $19.07 a year.