How much does a dishwasher cost per month in North Carolina?

About $3.94 a month, assuming 1.20 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 15.16¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a dishwasher use?

Roughly 312 kWh a year under these assumptions.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

North Carolina has the 16th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $57.13 a year.

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Cost to run a dishwasher in North Carolina (July 2026 rates)

At 15.16¢ per kilowatt-hour — North Carolina's average residential price in July 2026 — running a dishwasher costs $47.30 a year. That is 17% less than the national average of $57.13. North Carolina's residential rate is up 13.4% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $41.71 to $47.30 a year.

Per cycle: 18.2¢
Per day: 13.0¢
Per month: $3.94
Per year: $47.30

Assumption: 1.20 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week — 312 kWh a year. Includes the machine's own water heating. Heated dry adds roughly 0.4 kWh to each cycle on top of this. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How North Carolina compares

North Carolina pays 15.16¢/kWh, the 16th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $9.83 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same dishwasher costs $39.69 a year in Louisiana and $150 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $110 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Montana	14.99¢	$3.90	$46.77
Florida	15.03¢	$3.91	$46.89
North Carolina	15.16¢	$3.94	$47.30
Kansas	15.27¢	$3.97	$47.64
South Dakota	15.37¢	$4.00	$47.95

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

What else costs about the same in North Carolina

Chest freezer$45.48 a year in NC Electric oven$50.45 a year in NC Refrigerator$60.64 a year in NC

Cutting the number down

Skipping heated dry and cracking the door open is the largest single saving available on a dishwasher, and it costs nothing.
A full load uses the same energy as a half load, so waiting until it is full halves the per-dish cost.
Pre-rinsing under a hot tap usually spends more energy heating water than the machine would have used.

Questions

How much does a dishwasher cost per month in North Carolina?: About $3.94 a month, assuming 1.20 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 15.16¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a dishwasher use?: Roughly 312 kWh a year under these assumptions.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: North Carolina has the 16th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $57.13 a year.