How much does a 3D printer cost per month in Pennsylvania?

About $1.17 a month, assuming 120 W at a 60% duty cycle, 6 hours a day, 150 days a year at 21.73¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a 3D printer use?

Roughly 65 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.07 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Pennsylvania has the 15th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $11.88 a year.

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Cost to run a 3D printer in Pennsylvania (June 2026 rates)

At 21.73¢ per kilowatt-hour — Pennsylvania's average residential price in June 2026 — running a 3D printer costs $14.08 a year. That is 18% more than the national average of $11.88. Pennsylvania's residential rate is up 10.4% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $12.76 to $14.08 a year.

Per hour: 1.6¢
Per day of use: 9.4¢
Per month: $1.17
Per year: $14.08

Assumption: 120 W at a 60% duty cycle, 6 hours a day, 150 days a year — 65 kWh a year. A consumer FDM printer mid-print. The heated bed dominates the draw, and an enclosure lowers the duty cycle by holding heat in. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Pennsylvania compares

Pennsylvania pays 21.73¢/kWh, the 15th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.20 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same 3D printer costs $8.50 a year in Nevada and $34.16 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $25.67 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Wisconsin	19.56¢	$1.06	$12.67
Illinois	19.89¢	$1.07	$12.89
Pennsylvania	21.73¢	$1.17	$14.08
Maryland	21.84¢	$1.18	$14.15
Michigan	22.99¢	$1.24	$14.90

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a 3D printer.

What else costs about the same in Pennsylvania

Computer monitor$13.04 a year in PA Security camera$9.52 a year in PA Ceiling fan$18.77 a year in PA

Cutting the number down

The heated bed, not the hotend, is the load. Lowering bed temperature after the first layers cuts the average draw.
Long prints are cheap per hour but numerous: a week of continuous printing is a real line item.

Questions

How much does a 3D printer cost per month in Pennsylvania?: About $1.17 a month, assuming 120 W at a 60% duty cycle, 6 hours a day, 150 days a year at 21.73¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a 3D printer use?: Roughly 65 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.07 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Pennsylvania has the 15th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $11.88 a year.