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

About 26.4¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 19.22¢/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?

Illinois has the 17th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $3.02 a year.

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Cost to run a clothes iron in Illinois (July 2026 rates)

At 19.22¢ per kilowatt-hour — Illinois's average residential price in July 2026 — running a clothes iron costs $3.17 a year. That is 5% more than the national average of $3.02. Illinois's residential rate is up 11.6% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $2.84 to $3.17 a year.

Per hour: 10.6¢
Per day of use: 3.2¢
Per month: 26.4¢
Per year: $3.17

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 Illinois compares

Illinois pays 19.22¢/kWh, the 17th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 15.0¢ more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same clothes iron costs $2.10 a year in Louisiana and $7.92 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $5.82 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Delaware	18.48¢	25.4¢	$3.05
Wisconsin	19.06¢	26.2¢	$3.14
Illinois	19.22¢	26.4¢	$3.17
Ohio	19.45¢	26.7¢	$3.21
Maryland	21.41¢	29.4¢	$3.53

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

What else costs about the same in Illinois

Led bulb$3.16 a year in IL String of christmas lights$1.30 a year in IL Smart speaker$5.05 a year in IL

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 Illinois?: About 26.4¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 19.22¢/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?: Illinois has the 17th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $3.02 a year.