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

About 29.4¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 21.41¢/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?

Maryland has the 15th 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 Maryland (July 2026 rates)

At 21.41¢ per kilowatt-hour — Maryland's average residential price in July 2026 — running a clothes iron costs $3.53 a year. That is 17% more than the national average of $3.02. Maryland's residential rate is up 13.7% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $3.11 to $3.53 a year.

Per hour: 11.8¢
Per day of use: 3.5¢
Per month: 29.4¢
Per year: $3.53

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 Maryland compares

Maryland pays 21.41¢/kWh, the 15th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 51.2¢ 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
Illinois	19.22¢	26.4¢	$3.17
Ohio	19.45¢	26.7¢	$3.21
Maryland	21.41¢	29.4¢	$3.53
Pennsylvania	21.72¢	29.9¢	$3.58
Michigan	23.05¢	31.7¢	$3.80

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

What else costs about the same in Maryland

Led bulb$3.52 a year in MD String of christmas lights$1.45 a year in MD Smart speaker$5.63 a year in MD

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 Maryland?: About 29.4¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 21.41¢/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?: Maryland has the 15th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $3.02 a year.