How much does a laptop cost per month in New Mexico?

About $1.61 a month, assuming 60 W, 8 hours a day, 250 days a year at 16.09¢/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?

New Mexico has the 26th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $21.97 a year.

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Cost to run a laptop in New Mexico (July 2026 rates)

At 16.09¢ per kilowatt-hour — New Mexico's average residential price in July 2026 — running a laptop costs $19.31 a year. That is 12% less than the national average of $21.97. New Mexico's residential rate is up 1.8% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $18.96 to $19.31 a year.

Per hour: 1.0¢
Per day of use: 7.7¢
Per month: $1.61
Per year: $19.31

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 New Mexico compares

New Mexico pays 16.09¢/kWh, the 26th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.66 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same laptop costs $15.26 a year in Louisiana and $57.60 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $42.34 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Iowa	15.99¢	$1.60	$19.19
Missouri	16.09¢	$1.61	$19.31
New Mexico	16.09¢	$1.61	$19.31
Georgia	16.27¢	$1.63	$19.52
Alabama	16.40¢	$1.64	$19.68

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a laptop.

What else costs about the same in New Mexico

Air fryer$20.27 a year in NM Box fan$18.10 a year in NM Washing machine$20.92 a year in NM

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 New Mexico?: About $1.61 a month, assuming 60 W, 8 hours a day, 250 days a year at 16.09¢/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?: New Mexico has the 26th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $21.97 a year.