How much does a hair dryer cost per month in New Mexico?

About $1.27 a month, assuming 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year at 16.09¢/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?

New Mexico has the 26th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $17.30 a year.

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

At 16.09¢ per kilowatt-hour — New Mexico's average residential price in July 2026 — running a hair dryer costs $15.21 a year. That is 12% less than the national average of $17.30. New Mexico's residential rate is up 1.8% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $14.93 to $15.21 a year.

Per hour: 29.0¢
Per day of use: 4.3¢
Per month: $1.27
Per year: $15.21

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 New Mexico compares

New Mexico pays 16.09¢/kWh, the 26th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.10 less 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
Iowa	15.99¢	$1.26	$15.11
Missouri	16.09¢	$1.27	$15.21
New Mexico	16.09¢	$1.27	$15.21
Georgia	16.27¢	$1.28	$15.38
Alabama	16.40¢	$1.29	$15.50

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

What else costs about the same in New Mexico

Slow cooker$15.45 a year in NM Wi-fi router$14.09 a year in NM Ceiling fan$13.90 a year in NM

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 New Mexico?: About $1.27 a month, assuming 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year at 16.09¢/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?: New Mexico has the 26th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $17.30 a year.