Cost to run an air fryer in Utah (July 2026 rates)
At 13.12¢ per kilowatt-hour — Utah's average residential price in July 2026 — running an air fryer costs $16.53 a year. That is 28% less than the national average of $23.07. Utah's residential rate is down 2.5% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $16.95 to $16.53 a year.
- Per hour
- 13.8¢
- Per day of use
- 5.5¢
- Per month
- $1.38
- Per year
- $16.53
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 Utah compares
Utah pays 13.12¢/kWh, the 3rd cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $6.54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 12.72¢ | $1.34 | $16.03 |
| Nevada | 12.77¢ | $1.34 | $16.09 |
| Utah | 13.12¢ | $1.38 | $16.53 |
| North Dakota | 13.41¢ | $1.41 | $16.90 |
| Tennessee | 13.71¢ | $1.44 | $17.27 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an air fryer.
What else costs about the same in Utah
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 Utah?
- About $1.38 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 13.12¢/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?
- Utah has the 3rd cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $23.07 a year.