How much does a vacuum cleaner cost per month in Rhode Island?

About 84.5¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 28.18¢/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?

Rhode Island has the 7th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $6.54 a year.

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

At 28.18¢ per kilowatt-hour — Rhode Island's average residential price in August 2026 — running a vacuum cleaner costs $10.14 a year. That is 55% more than the national average of $6.54. Rhode Island's residential rate is up 6.2% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $9.55 to $10.14 a year.

Per hour: 33.8¢
Per day of use: 10.1¢
Per month: 84.5¢
Per year: $10.14

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 Rhode Island compares

Rhode Island pays 28.18¢/kWh, the 7th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $3.61 more 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
District of Columbia	25.98¢	77.9¢	$9.35
New Hampshire	27.64¢	82.9¢	$9.95
Rhode Island	28.18¢	84.5¢	$10.14
New York	28.65¢	86.0¢	$10.31
Alaska	29.41¢	88.2¢	$10.59

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

What else costs about the same in Rhode Island

Toaster$9.87 a year in RI Electric blanket$10.82 a year in RI Electric lawn mower$11.72 a year in RI

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 Rhode Island?: About 84.5¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 28.18¢/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?: Rhode Island has the 7th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $6.54 a year.