How much does an air fryer cost per month in District of Columbia?

About $2.65 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 25.21¢/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?

District of Columbia has the 9th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $23.07 a year.

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Cost to run an air fryer in District of Columbia (July 2026 rates)

At 25.21¢ per kilowatt-hour — District of Columbia's average residential price in July 2026 — running an air fryer costs $31.76 a year. That is 38% more than the national average of $23.07. District of Columbia's residential rate is up 9.4% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $29.03 to $31.76 a year.

Per hour: 26.5¢
Per day of use: 10.6¢
Per month: $2.65
Per year: $31.76

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 District of Columbia compares

District of Columbia pays 25.21¢/kWh, the 9th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $8.69 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same air fryer costs $16.03 a year in Louisiana and $60.48 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $44.45 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Connecticut	24.16¢	$2.54	$30.44
New Jersey	25.19¢	$2.64	$31.74
District of Columbia	25.21¢	$2.65	$31.76
New Hampshire	26.60¢	$2.79	$33.52
Rhode Island	28.29¢	$2.97	$35.65

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

What else costs about the same in District of Columbia

Washing machine$32.77 a year in DC Laptop$30.25 a year in DC Box fan$28.36 a year in DC

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 District of Columbia?: About $2.65 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 25.21¢/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?: District of Columbia has the 9th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $23.07 a year.