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

About $15.70 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 24.16¢/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?

Connecticut has the 11th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $143 a year.

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

At 24.16¢ per kilowatt-hour — Connecticut's average residential price in July 2026 — running an electric clothes dryer costs $188 a year. That is 32% more than the national average of $143. Connecticut's residential rate is down 12.5% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $215 to $188 a year.

Per cycle: 72.5¢
Per day: 51.6¢
Per month: $15.70
Per year: $188

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 Connecticut compares

Connecticut pays 24.16¢/kWh, the 11th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $45.63 more 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
Michigan	23.05¢	$14.98	$180
Vermont	23.75¢	$15.44	$185
Connecticut	24.16¢	$15.70	$188
New Jersey	25.19¢	$16.37	$196
District of Columbia	25.21¢	$16.39	$197

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

What else costs about the same in Connecticut

Portable air conditioner$204 a year in CT Space heater$209 a year in CT Window air conditioner$167 a year in CT

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 Connecticut?: About $15.70 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 24.16¢/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?: Connecticut has the 11th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $143 a year.