How much does an electric blanket cost per month in Michigan?

About 73.8¢ a month, assuming 80 W at a 50% duty cycle, 8 hours a day, 120 days a year at 23.05¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an electric blanket use?

Roughly 38 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.04 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Michigan has the 13th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $7.03 a year.

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Cost to run an electric blanket in Michigan (July 2026 rates)

At 23.05¢ per kilowatt-hour — Michigan's average residential price in July 2026 — running an electric blanket costs $8.85 a year. That is 26% more than the national average of $7.03. Michigan's residential rate is up 12.2% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $7.89 to $8.85 a year.

Per hour: 0.9¢
Per day of use: 7.4¢
Per month: 73.8¢
Per year: $8.85

Assumption: 80 W at a 50% duty cycle, 8 hours a day, 120 days a year — 38 kWh a year. Queen-size, medium setting, thermostatic. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Michigan compares

Michigan pays 23.05¢/kWh, the 13th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.82 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric blanket costs $4.88 a year in Louisiana and $18.43 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $13.55 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Maryland	21.41¢	68.5¢	$8.22
Pennsylvania	21.72¢	69.5¢	$8.34
Michigan	23.05¢	73.8¢	$8.85
Vermont	23.75¢	76.0¢	$9.12
Connecticut	24.16¢	77.3¢	$9.28

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric blanket.

What else costs about the same in Michigan

Vacuum cleaner$8.30 a year in MI Electric lawn mower$9.59 a year in MI Toaster$8.08 a year in MI

Cutting the number down

Heating the bed instead of the bedroom is one of the best ratios of comfort to kilowatt-hours in the house.
Preheating for 15 minutes and switching off at bedtime captures most of the benefit for a fraction of the runtime.

Questions

How much does an electric blanket cost per month in Michigan?: About 73.8¢ a month, assuming 80 W at a 50% duty cycle, 8 hours a day, 120 days a year at 23.05¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an electric blanket use?: Roughly 38 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.04 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Michigan has the 13th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $7.03 a year.