How much does an electric pressure cooker cost per month in Idaho?

About 48.1¢ a month, assuming 1,000 W at a 35% duty cycle, 1 hours a day, 120 days a year at 13.73¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an electric pressure cooker use?

Roughly 42 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.35 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Idaho has the 6th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.69 a year.

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Cost to run an electric pressure cooker in Idaho (July 2026 rates)

At 13.73¢ per kilowatt-hour — Idaho's average residential price in July 2026 — running an electric pressure cooker costs $5.77 a year. That is 25% less than the national average of $7.69. Idaho's residential rate is up 11.8% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $5.16 to $5.77 a year.

Per hour: 4.8¢
Per day of use: 4.8¢
Per month: 48.1¢
Per year: $5.77

Assumption: 1,000 W at a 35% duty cycle, 1 hours a day, 120 days a year — 42 kWh a year. The element runs flat out to reach pressure, then barely at all to hold it, which is why the effective duty cycle is low. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Idaho compares

Idaho pays 13.73¢/kWh, the 6th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.92 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric pressure cooker costs $5.34 a year in Louisiana and $20.16 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $14.82 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
North Dakota	13.41¢	46.9¢	$5.63
Tennessee	13.71¢	48.0¢	$5.76
Idaho	13.73¢	48.1¢	$5.77
Nebraska	13.78¢	48.2¢	$5.79
Kentucky	13.81¢	48.3¢	$5.80

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric pressure cooker.

What else costs about the same in Idaho

Rice cooker$5.77 a year in ID Electric lawn mower$5.71 a year in ID Security camera$6.01 a year in ID

Cutting the number down

Pressure cooking is usually the cheapest way to cook beans, stock and tough cuts, because the cook time collapses.
Natural release costs nothing; quick release wastes the heat you paid to put in.

Questions

How much does an electric pressure cooker cost per month in Idaho?: About 48.1¢ a month, assuming 1,000 W at a 35% duty cycle, 1 hours a day, 120 days a year at 13.73¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an electric pressure cooker use?: Roughly 42 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.35 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Idaho has the 6th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.69 a year.