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

About $2.25 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 21.41¢/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?

Maryland has the 15th 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 Maryland (July 2026 rates)

At 21.41¢ per kilowatt-hour — Maryland's average residential price in July 2026 — running an air fryer costs $26.98 a year. That is 17% more than the national average of $23.07. Maryland's residential rate is up 13.7% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $23.73 to $26.98 a year.

Per hour: 22.5¢
Per day of use: 9.0¢
Per month: $2.25
Per year: $26.98

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 Maryland compares

Maryland pays 21.41¢/kWh, the 15th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $3.91 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
Illinois	19.22¢	$2.02	$24.22
Ohio	19.45¢	$2.04	$24.51
Maryland	21.41¢	$2.25	$26.98
Pennsylvania	21.72¢	$2.28	$27.37
Michigan	23.05¢	$2.42	$29.04

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

What else costs about the same in Maryland

Washing machine$27.83 a year in MD Laptop$25.69 a year in MD Box fan$24.09 a year in MD

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 Maryland?: About $2.25 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 21.41¢/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?: Maryland has the 15th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $23.07 a year.