How much does an electric clothes dryer cost per month in Alabama?

About $10.66 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 16.40¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an electric clothes dryer use?

Roughly 780 kWh a year under these assumptions.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Alabama has the 24th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $143 a year.

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Cost to run an electric clothes dryer in Alabama (July 2026 rates)

At 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour — Alabama's average residential price in July 2026 — running an electric clothes dryer costs $128 a year. That is 10% less than the national average of $143. Alabama's residential rate is up 3.0% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $124 to $128 a year.

Per cycle: 49.2¢
Per day: 35.0¢
Per month: $10.66
Per year: $128

Assumption: 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week — 780 kWh a year. A standard vented electric dryer. Heat-pump dryers use roughly half this per load. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Alabama compares

Alabama pays 16.40¢/kWh, the 24th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $14.90 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric clothes dryer costs $99.22 a year in Louisiana and $374 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $275 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
New Mexico	16.09¢	$10.46	$126
Georgia	16.27¢	$10.58	$127
Alabama	16.40¢	$10.66	$128
Indiana	16.73¢	$10.87	$130
Colorado	17.00¢	$11.05	$133

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric clothes dryer.

What else costs about the same in Alabama

Portable air conditioner$139 a year in AL Space heater$142 a year in AL Window air conditioner$113 a year in AL

Cutting the number down

The spin speed of the washer sets the dryer's workload. A faster final spin removes water mechanically instead of thermally, which is far cheaper.
A blocked lint screen or crushed vent hose makes every load run longer at full heat.
Back-to-back loads reuse a drum that is already hot.

Questions

How much does an electric clothes dryer cost per month in Alabama?: About $10.66 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 16.40¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an electric clothes dryer use?: Roughly 780 kWh a year under these assumptions.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Alabama has the 24th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $143 a year.