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Cost to run an electric oven in Illinois (July 2026 rates)
At 19.22¢ per kilowatt-hour — Illinois's average residential price in July 2026 — running an electric oven costs $63.96 a year. That is 5% more than the national average of $60.94. Illinois's residential rate is up 11.6% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $57.31 to $63.96 a year.
- Per cycle
- 30.8¢
- Per day
- 17.5¢
- Per month
- $5.33
- Per year
- $63.96
Assumption: 1.60 kWh per cycle, 4 cycles a week — 333 kWh a year. About an hour of baking at 350 F, including preheat. The element cycles rather than drawing its full 2,400 W 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 $3.03 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric oven costs $42.33 a year in Louisiana and $160 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $117 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 18.48¢ | $5.13 | $61.50 |
| Wisconsin | 19.06¢ | $5.29 | $63.43 |
| Illinois | 19.22¢ | $5.33 | $63.96 |
| Ohio | 19.45¢ | $5.39 | $64.73 |
| Maryland | 21.41¢ | $5.94 | $71.25 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric oven.
What else costs about the same in Illinois
Cutting the number down
- For anything under an hour, a countertop oven or air fryer heats a far smaller cavity and usually wins outright.
- Most recipes do not need a full preheat; reaching temperature with the food inside costs less than an empty preheat.
- Self-clean runs the element flat out for hours and is the most expensive cycle the appliance offers.
Questions
- How much does an electric oven cost per month in Illinois?
- About $5.33 a month, assuming 1.60 kWh per cycle, 4 cycles a week at 19.22¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does an electric oven use?
- Roughly 333 kWh a year under these assumptions.
- 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 $60.94 a year.