How much does a washing machine cost per month in Rhode Island?

About $3.05 a month, assuming 0.50 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 28.18¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a washing machine use?

Roughly 130 kWh a year under these assumptions.

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 $23.61 a year.

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Cost to run a washing machine in Rhode Island (August 2026 rates)

At 28.18¢ per kilowatt-hour — Rhode Island's average residential price in August 2026 — running a washing machine costs $36.63 a year. That is 55% more than the national average of $23.61. Rhode Island's residential rate is up 6.2% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $34.49 to $36.63 a year.

Per cycle: 14.1¢
Per day: 10.0¢
Per month: $3.05
Per year: $36.63

Assumption: 0.50 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week — 130 kWh a year. A front-loader on a warm cycle, including the water heating attributable to the wash. A cold wash lands closer to 0.15 kWh. 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 $13.03 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same washing machine costs $16.54 a year in Nevada and $61.33 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $44.80 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
District of Columbia	25.98¢	$2.81	$33.77
New Hampshire	27.64¢	$2.99	$35.93
Rhode Island	28.18¢	$3.05	$36.63
New York	28.65¢	$3.10	$37.24
Alaska	29.41¢	$3.19	$38.23

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

What else costs about the same in Rhode Island

Air fryer$35.51 a year in RI Laptop$33.82 a year in RI Box fan$31.70 a year in RI

Cutting the number down

Almost all of a washer's energy is water heating, so switching to cold is close to switching the appliance off, energy-wise.
Modern detergents are formulated for cold water; the hot-wash habit outlived the chemistry that required it.

Questions

How much does a washing machine cost per month in Rhode Island?: About $3.05 a month, assuming 0.50 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 28.18¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a washing machine use?: Roughly 130 kWh a year under these assumptions.
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 $23.61 a year.