How much does a dishwasher cost per month in Rhode Island?

About $7.36 a month, assuming 1.20 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 28.29¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a dishwasher use?

Roughly 312 kWh a year under these assumptions.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Rhode Island has the 7th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $57.13 a year.

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Cost to run a dishwasher in Rhode Island (July 2026 rates)

At 28.29¢ per kilowatt-hour — Rhode Island's average residential price in July 2026 — running a dishwasher costs $88.26 a year. That is 55% more than the national average of $57.13. Rhode Island's residential rate is up 8.1% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $81.68 to $88.26 a year.

Per cycle: 33.9¢
Per day: 24.2¢
Per month: $7.36
Per year: $88.26

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 Rhode Island compares

Rhode Island pays 28.29¢/kWh, the 7th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $31.14 more 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
District of Columbia	25.21¢	$6.55	$78.66
New Hampshire	26.60¢	$6.92	$82.99
Rhode Island	28.29¢	$7.36	$88.26
Alaska	28.83¢	$7.50	$89.95
New York	29.90¢	$7.77	$93.29

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

What else costs about the same in Rhode Island

Chest freezer$84.87 a year in RI Electric oven$94.15 a year in RI Refrigerator$113 a year in RI

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 Rhode Island?: About $7.36 a month, assuming 1.20 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 28.29¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a dishwasher use?: Roughly 312 kWh a year under these assumptions.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Rhode Island has the 7th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $57.13 a year.