Cost to run an air fryer in Kansas (July 2026 rates)
At 15.27¢ per kilowatt-hour — Kansas's average residential price in July 2026 — running an air fryer costs $19.24 a year. That is 17% less than the national average of $23.07. Kansas's residential rate is up 5.6% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $18.22 to $19.24 a year.
- Per hour
- 16.0¢
- Per day of use
- 6.4¢
- Per month
- $1.60
- Per year
- $19.24
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 Kansas compares
Kansas pays 15.27¢/kWh, the 17th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $3.83 less 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 15.03¢ | $1.58 | $18.94 |
| North Carolina | 15.16¢ | $1.59 | $19.10 |
| Kansas | 15.27¢ | $1.60 | $19.24 |
| South Dakota | 15.37¢ | $1.61 | $19.37 |
| Arizona | 15.38¢ | $1.61 | $19.38 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an air fryer.
What else costs about the same in Kansas
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 Kansas?
- About $1.60 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 15.27¢/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?
- Kansas has the 17th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $23.07 a year.