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

About 51.5¢ a month, assuming 1,000 W at a 35% duty cycle, 1 hours a day, 120 days a year at 14.71¢/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?

Washington has the 13th 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 Washington (July 2026 rates)

At 14.71¢ per kilowatt-hour — Washington's average residential price in July 2026 — running an electric pressure cooker costs $6.18 a year. That is 20% less than the national average of $7.69. Washington's residential rate is up 9.4% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $5.65 to $6.18 a year.

Per hour: 5.1¢
Per day of use: 5.1¢
Per month: 51.5¢
Per year: $6.18

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 Washington compares

Washington pays 14.71¢/kWh, the 13th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.51 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
Wyoming	14.36¢	50.3¢	$6.03
Mississippi	14.54¢	50.9¢	$6.11
Washington	14.71¢	51.5¢	$6.18
Montana	14.99¢	52.5¢	$6.30
Florida	15.03¢	52.6¢	$6.31

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

What else costs about the same in Washington

Rice cooker$6.18 a year in WA Electric lawn mower$6.12 a year in WA Security camera$6.44 a year in WA

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 Washington?: About 51.5¢ a month, assuming 1,000 W at a 35% duty cycle, 1 hours a day, 120 days a year at 14.71¢/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?: Washington has the 13th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.69 a year.