Cost to run a laptop in Arizona (June 2026 rates)
At 15.18¢ per kilowatt-hour — Arizona's average residential price in June 2026 — running a laptop costs $18.22 a year. That is 17% less than the national average of $22.01.
- Per hour
- 0.9¢
- Per day of use
- 7.3¢
- Per month
- $1.52
- Per year
- $18.22
Assumption: 60 W, 8 hours a day, 250 days a year — 120 kWh a year. Charging and working. Once the battery is full, draw drops toward 20 to 30 W for light work. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Arizona compares
Arizona pays 15.18¢/kWh, the 17th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $3.79 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same laptop costs $15.73 a year in Nevada and $63.26 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $47.53 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 15.10¢ | $1.51 | $18.12 |
| Montana | 15.14¢ | $1.51 | $18.17 |
| Arizona | 15.18¢ | $1.52 | $18.22 |
| Wyoming | 15.24¢ | $1.52 | $18.29 |
| South Dakota | 15.36¢ | $1.54 | $18.43 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a laptop.
What else costs about the same in Arizona
Cutting the number down
- A laptop typically uses a fifth to a tenth of what a comparable desktop does for ordinary work.
- The charger left plugged in with no laptop attached draws almost nothing on modern units.
Questions
- How much does a laptop cost per month in Arizona?
- About $1.52 a month, assuming 60 W, 8 hours a day, 250 days a year at 15.18¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a laptop use?
- Roughly 120 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.06 kWh for every hour it runs.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Arizona has the 17th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $22.01 a year.