How much does a clothes iron cost per month in Connecticut?

About 33.4¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 24.32¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a clothes iron use?

Roughly 16 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.55 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Connecticut has the 12th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $3.03 a year.

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Cost to run a clothes iron in Connecticut (June 2026 rates)

At 24.32¢ per kilowatt-hour — Connecticut's average residential price in June 2026 — running a clothes iron costs $4.01 a year. That is 33% more than the national average of $3.03. Connecticut's residential rate is down 10.6% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $4.49 to $4.01 a year.

Per hour: 13.4¢
Per day of use: 4.0¢
Per month: 33.4¢
Per year: $4.01

Assumption: 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year — 16 kWh a year. Thermostatic, so it cycles rather than drawing continuously. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Connecticut compares

Connecticut pays 24.32¢/kWh, the 12th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 98.7¢ more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same clothes iron costs $2.16 a year in Nevada and $8.70 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $6.54 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Maryland	21.84¢	30.0¢	$3.60
Michigan	22.99¢	31.6¢	$3.79
Connecticut	24.32¢	33.4¢	$4.01
District of Columbia	24.39¢	33.5¢	$4.02
Vermont	24.44¢	33.6¢	$4.03

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a clothes iron.

What else costs about the same in Connecticut

Led bulb$3.99 a year in CT String of christmas lights$1.64 a year in CT Smart speaker$6.39 a year in CT

Cutting the number down

Ironing a batch on one heat-up costs far less than heating the plate from cold for each shirt.

Questions

How much does a clothes iron cost per month in Connecticut?: About 33.4¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 24.32¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a clothes iron use?: Roughly 16 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.55 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Connecticut has the 12th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $3.03 a year.