Cost to run a hot tub in Alaska (July 2026 rates)
At 28.83¢ per kilowatt-hour — Alaska's average residential price in July 2026 — running a hot tub costs $721 a year. That is 57% more than the national average of $458. Alaska's residential rate is up 5.6% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $682 to $721 a year.
- Per day
- $1.97
- Per month
- $60.06
- Per year
- $721
Assumption: 2,500 kWh a year. A well-insulated 400-gallon tub held at 100 F year-round in a moderate climate. A poorly insulated tub in a cold climate can double this. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Alaska compares
Alaska pays 28.83¢/kWh, the 6th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $263 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same hot tub costs $318 a year in Louisiana and $1,200 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $882 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 26.60¢ | $55.42 | $665 |
| Rhode Island | 28.29¢ | $58.94 | $707 |
| Alaska | 28.83¢ | $60.06 | $721 |
| New York | 29.90¢ | $62.29 | $748 |
| Massachusetts | 30.49¢ | $63.52 | $762 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a hot tub.
What else costs about the same in Alaska
Cutting the number down
- A good cover is the whole ballgame. Most of the energy replaces heat lost from the surface, not heat delivered to people.
- Holding temperature usually beats cooling down and reheating, because reheating a large mass of water is expensive.
- A waterlogged cover has lost its insulation value and quietly doubles the standing loss.
Questions
- How much does a hot tub cost per month in Alaska?
- About $60.06 a month, assuming 2,500 kWh a year at 28.83¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a hot tub use?
- Roughly 2,500 kWh a year under these assumptions.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Alaska has the 6th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $458 a year.