Cost to run a treadmill in Minnesota (June 2026 rates)
At 17.52¢ per kilowatt-hour — Minnesota's average residential price in June 2026 — running a treadmill costs $18.40 a year. That is 4% less than the national average of $19.26. Minnesota's residential rate is up 2.3% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $17.98 to $18.40 a year.
- Per hour
- 12.3¢
- Per day of use
- 9.2¢
- Per month
- $1.53
- Per year
- $18.40
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 Minnesota compares
Minnesota pays 17.52¢/kWh, the 20th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 86.1¢ less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same treadmill costs $13.77 a year in Nevada and $55.36 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $41.59 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 17.22¢ | $1.51 | $18.08 |
| Indiana | 17.51¢ | $1.53 | $18.39 |
| Minnesota | 17.52¢ | $1.53 | $18.40 |
| Ohio | 19.19¢ | $1.68 | $20.15 |
| Delaware | 19.29¢ | $1.69 | $20.25 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a treadmill.
What else costs about the same in Minnesota
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 Minnesota?
- About $1.53 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 17.52¢/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?
- Minnesota has the 20th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $19.26 a year.