Cost to run a hot tub in Vermont (July 2026 rates)
At 23.75¢ per kilowatt-hour — Vermont's average residential price in July 2026 — running a hot tub costs $594 a year. That is 30% more than the national average of $458. Vermont's residential rate is up 7.3% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $554 to $594 a year.
- Per day
- $1.63
- Per month
- $49.48
- Per year
- $594
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 Vermont compares
Vermont pays 23.75¢/kWh, the 12th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $136 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 21.72¢ | $45.25 | $543 |
| Michigan | 23.05¢ | $48.02 | $576 |
| Vermont | 23.75¢ | $49.48 | $594 |
| Connecticut | 24.16¢ | $50.33 | $604 |
| New Jersey | 25.19¢ | $52.48 | $630 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a hot tub.
What else costs about the same in Vermont
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 Vermont?
- About $49.48 a month, assuming 2,500 kWh a year at 23.75¢/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?
- Vermont has the 12th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $458 a year.