How much does an air fryer cost per month in Delaware?

About $2.03 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 19.29¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an air fryer use?

Roughly 126 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.05 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Delaware has the 18th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $23.11 a year.

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Cost to run an air fryer in Delaware (June 2026 rates)

At 19.29¢ per kilowatt-hour — Delaware's average residential price in June 2026 — running an air fryer costs $24.31 a year. That is 5% more than the national average of $23.11. Delaware's residential rate is up 6.2% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $22.88 to $24.31 a year.

Per hour: 20.3¢
Per day of use: 8.1¢
Per month: $2.03
Per year: $24.31

Assumption: 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year — 126 kWh a year. A 5-quart basket model, roughly 25 minutes of cooking a day. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Delaware compares

Delaware pays 19.29¢/kWh, the 18th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.20 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same air fryer costs $16.52 a year in Nevada and $66.43 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $49.91 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Minnesota	17.52¢	$1.84	$22.08
Ohio	19.19¢	$2.01	$24.18
Delaware	19.29¢	$2.03	$24.31
Wisconsin	19.56¢	$2.05	$24.65
Illinois	19.89¢	$2.09	$25.06

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an air fryer.

What else costs about the same in Delaware

Washing machine$25.08 a year in DE Laptop$23.15 a year in DE Box fan$21.70 a year in DE

Cutting the number down

The saving is not the wattage, it is the volume: a small cavity reaches temperature in two minutes instead of twelve.
Cooking two batches back to back skips the second preheat entirely.

Questions

How much does an air fryer cost per month in Delaware?: About $2.03 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 19.29¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an air fryer use?: Roughly 126 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.05 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Delaware has the 18th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $23.11 a year.