How much does a hair dryer cost per month in Michigan?

About $1.82 a month, assuming 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year at 23.05¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a hair dryer use?

Roughly 94 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.80 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 $17.30 a year.

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Cost to run a hair dryer in Michigan (July 2026 rates)

At 23.05¢ per kilowatt-hour — Michigan's average residential price in July 2026 — running a hair dryer costs $21.78 a year. That is 26% more than the national average of $17.30. Michigan's residential rate is up 12.2% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $19.42 to $21.78 a year.

Per hour: 41.5¢
Per day of use: 6.2¢
Per month: $1.82
Per year: $21.78

Assumption: 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year — 94 kWh a year. About nine minutes a day on high. 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 $4.48 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same hair dryer costs $12.02 a year in Louisiana and $45.36 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $33.34 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Maryland	21.41¢	$1.69	$20.23
Pennsylvania	21.72¢	$1.71	$20.53
Michigan	23.05¢	$1.82	$21.78
Vermont	23.75¢	$1.87	$22.44
Connecticut	24.16¢	$1.90	$22.83

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

What else costs about the same in Michigan

Slow cooker$22.13 a year in MI Wi-fi router$20.19 a year in MI Ceiling fan$19.92 a year in MI

Cutting the number down

Nearly 2,000 W sounds alarming, but a few minutes a day keeps the annual total modest.
A cool-shot finish uses a fraction of the power of the heated setting.

Questions

How much does a hair dryer cost per month in Michigan?: About $1.82 a month, assuming 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year at 23.05¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a hair dryer use?: Roughly 94 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.80 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 $17.30 a year.