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

About $2.35 a month, assuming 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year at 29.90¢/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 York has the 5th 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 New York (July 2026 rates)

At 29.90¢ per kilowatt-hour — New York's average residential price in July 2026 — running a hair dryer costs $28.26 a year. That is 63% more than the national average of $17.30. New York's residential rate is up 14.0% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $24.78 to $28.26 a year.

Per hour: 53.8¢
Per day of use: 8.1¢
Per month: $2.35
Per year: $28.26

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 York compares

New York pays 29.90¢/kWh, the 5th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $10.95 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
Rhode Island	28.29¢	$2.23	$26.73
Alaska	28.83¢	$2.27	$27.24
New York	29.90¢	$2.35	$28.26
Massachusetts	30.49¢	$2.40	$28.81
Maine	32.41¢	$2.55	$30.63

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

What else costs about the same in New York

Slow cooker$28.70 a year in NY Wi-fi router$26.19 a year in NY Ceiling fan$25.83 a year in NY

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 York?: About $2.35 a month, assuming 1,800 W, 9 minutes a day, 350 days a year at 29.90¢/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 York has the 5th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $17.30 a year.