How much does a vacuum cleaner cost per month in Minnesota?

About 51.6¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 17.20¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a vacuum cleaner use?

Roughly 36 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.20 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Minnesota has the 21st most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.54 a year.

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Cost to run a vacuum cleaner in Minnesota (August 2026 rates)

At 17.20¢ per kilowatt-hour — Minnesota's average residential price in August 2026 — running a vacuum cleaner costs $6.19 a year. That is 5% less than the national average of $6.54. Minnesota's residential rate is up 1.8% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $6.08 to $6.19 a year.

Per hour: 20.6¢
Per day of use: 6.2¢
Per month: 51.6¢
Per year: $6.19

Assumption: 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year — 36 kWh a year. An upright vacuum, roughly 20 minutes per session. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Minnesota compares

Minnesota pays 17.20¢/kWh, the 21st most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 34.6¢ less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same vacuum cleaner costs $4.58 a year in Nevada and $16.98 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $12.41 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Iowa	17.06¢	51.2¢	$6.14
Colorado	17.17¢	51.5¢	$6.18
Minnesota	17.20¢	51.6¢	$6.19
Virginia	17.64¢	52.9¢	$6.35
Delaware	18.70¢	56.1¢	$6.73

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

What else costs about the same in Minnesota

Toaster$6.03 a year in MN Electric blanket$6.60 a year in MN Electric lawn mower$7.16 a year in MN

Cutting the number down

A full bag or clogged filter costs suction, not watts: the motor draws the same while doing less.

Questions

How much does a vacuum cleaner cost per month in Minnesota?: About 51.6¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 17.20¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a vacuum cleaner use?: Roughly 36 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.20 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Minnesota has the 21st most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.54 a year.