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

About 46.7¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 15.57¢/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?

Montana has the 19th cheapest 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 Montana (August 2026 rates)

At 15.57¢ per kilowatt-hour — Montana's average residential price in August 2026 — running a vacuum cleaner costs $5.61 a year. That is 14% less than the national average of $6.54. Montana's residential rate is up 9.0% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $5.14 to $5.61 a year.

Per hour: 18.7¢
Per day of use: 5.6¢
Per month: 46.7¢
Per year: $5.61

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 Montana compares

Montana pays 15.57¢/kWh, the 19th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 93.2¢ 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
South Dakota	15.15¢	45.4¢	$5.45
Kansas	15.47¢	46.4¢	$5.57
Montana	15.57¢	46.7¢	$5.61
South Carolina	15.76¢	47.3¢	$5.67
Georgia	15.90¢	47.7¢	$5.72

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

What else costs about the same in Montana

Toaster$5.46 a year in MT Electric blanket$5.98 a year in MT Electric lawn mower$6.48 a year in MT

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 Montana?: About 46.7¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 15.57¢/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?: Montana has the 19th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.54 a year.