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Cost to run an electric oven in Wisconsin (June 2026 rates)
At 19.56¢ per kilowatt-hour — Wisconsin's average residential price in June 2026 — running an electric oven costs $65.10 a year. That is 7% more than the national average of $61.04. Wisconsin's residential rate is up 5.6% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $61.63 to $65.10 a year.
- Per cycle
- 31.3¢
- Per day
- 17.8¢
- Per month
- $5.42
- Per year
- $65.10
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 Wisconsin compares
Wisconsin pays 19.56¢/kWh, the 17th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $4.06 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric oven costs $43.63 a year in Nevada and $175 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $132 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 19.19¢ | $5.32 | $63.86 |
| Delaware | 19.29¢ | $5.35 | $64.20 |
| Wisconsin | 19.56¢ | $5.42 | $65.10 |
| Illinois | 19.89¢ | $5.52 | $66.19 |
| Pennsylvania | 21.73¢ | $6.03 | $72.32 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric oven.
What else costs about the same in Wisconsin
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 Wisconsin?
- About $5.42 a month, assuming 1.60 kWh per cycle, 4 cycles a week at 19.56¢/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?
- Wisconsin has the 17th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $61.04 a year.