Cost to run an air fryer in Wisconsin (July 2026 rates)
At 19.06¢ per kilowatt-hour — Wisconsin's average residential price in July 2026 — running an air fryer costs $24.02 a year. That is 4% more than the national average of $23.07. Wisconsin's residential rate is up 4.4% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $22.99 to $24.02 a year.
- Per hour
- 20.0¢
- Per day of use
- 8.0¢
- Per month
- $2.00
- Per year
- $24.02
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 Wisconsin compares
Wisconsin pays 19.06¢/kWh, the 18th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 94.5¢ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 17.55¢ | $1.84 | $22.11 |
| Delaware | 18.48¢ | $1.94 | $23.28 |
| Wisconsin | 19.06¢ | $2.00 | $24.02 |
| Illinois | 19.22¢ | $2.02 | $24.22 |
| Ohio | 19.45¢ | $2.04 | $24.51 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an air fryer.
What else costs about the same in Wisconsin
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 Wisconsin?
- About $2.00 a month, assuming 1,500 W at a 70% duty cycle, 24 minutes a day, 300 days a year at 19.06¢/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?
- Wisconsin has the 18th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $23.07 a year.