How much does a treadmill cost per month in Maryland?

About $1.87 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 21.40¢/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?

Maryland has the 15th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $19.07 a year.

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

At 21.40¢ per kilowatt-hour — Maryland's average residential price in August 2026 — running a treadmill costs $22.47 a year. That is 18% more than the national average of $19.07. Maryland's residential rate is up 7.6% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $20.88 to $22.47 a year.

Per hour: 15.0¢
Per day of use: 11.2¢
Per month: $1.87
Per year: $22.47

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 Maryland compares

Maryland pays 21.40¢/kWh, the 15th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $3.40 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
Ohio	19.38¢	$1.70	$20.35
Wisconsin	19.41¢	$1.70	$20.38
Maryland	21.40¢	$1.87	$22.47
Pennsylvania	21.77¢	$1.90	$22.86
Michigan	22.99¢	$2.01	$24.14

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

What else costs about the same in Maryland

Microwave$23.43 a year in MD Incandescent bulb$23.43 a year in MD Electric kettle$23.43 a year in MD

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 Maryland?: About $1.87 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 21.40¢/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?: Maryland has the 15th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $19.07 a year.