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

About $14.98 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 23.05¢/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?

Michigan has the 13th 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 Michigan (July 2026 rates)

At 23.05¢ per kilowatt-hour — Michigan's average residential price in July 2026 — running an electric clothes dryer costs $180 a year. That is 26% more than the national average of $143. Michigan's residential rate is up 12.2% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $160 to $180 a year.

Per cycle: 69.2¢
Per day: 49.3¢
Per month: $14.98
Per year: $180

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 Michigan compares

Michigan pays 23.05¢/kWh, the 13th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $36.97 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
Maryland	21.41¢	$13.92	$167
Pennsylvania	21.72¢	$14.12	$169
Michigan	23.05¢	$14.98	$180
Vermont	23.75¢	$15.44	$185
Connecticut	24.16¢	$15.70	$188

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

What else costs about the same in Michigan

Portable air conditioner$195 a year in MI Space heater$199 a year in MI Window air conditioner$159 a year in MI

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 Michigan?: About $14.98 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 23.05¢/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?: Michigan has the 13th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $143 a year.