Cost to run a treadmill in Wisconsin (August 2026 rates)
At 19.41¢ per kilowatt-hour — Wisconsin's average residential price in August 2026 — running a treadmill costs $20.38 a year. That is 7% more than the national average of $19.07. Wisconsin's residential rate is up 5.3% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $19.36 to $20.38 a year.
- Per hour
- 13.6¢
- Per day of use
- 10.2¢
- Per month
- $1.70
- Per year
- $20.38
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 Wisconsin compares
Wisconsin pays 19.41¢/kWh, the 16th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 19.32¢ | $1.69 | $20.29 |
| 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 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a treadmill.
What else costs about the same in Wisconsin
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 Wisconsin?
- About $1.70 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 19.41¢/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?
- Wisconsin has the 16th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $19.07 a year.