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

About $3.40 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 32.41¢/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?

Maine has the 3rd 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 Maine (July 2026 rates)

At 32.41¢ per kilowatt-hour — Maine's average residential price in July 2026 — running an air fryer costs $40.84 a year. That is 77% more than the national average of $23.07. Maine's residential rate is up 15.8% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $35.25 to $40.84 a year.

Per hour: 34.0¢
Per day of use: 13.6¢
Per month: $3.40
Per year: $40.84

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 Maine compares

Maine pays 32.41¢/kWh, the 3rd most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $17.77 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
New York	29.90¢	$3.14	$37.67
Massachusetts	30.49¢	$3.20	$38.42
Maine	32.41¢	$3.40	$40.84
California	33.61¢	$3.53	$42.35
Hawaii	48.00¢	$5.04	$60.48

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

What else costs about the same in Maine

Washing machine$42.13 a year in ME Laptop$38.89 a year in ME Box fan$36.46 a year in ME

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 Maine?: About $3.40 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 32.41¢/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?: Maine has the 3rd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $23.07 a year.