How much does a laptop cost per month in South Dakota?

About $1.54 a month, assuming 60 W, 8 hours a day, 250 days a year at 15.37¢/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?

South Dakota has the 18th cheapest 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 South Dakota (July 2026 rates)

At 15.37¢ per kilowatt-hour — South Dakota's average residential price in July 2026 — running a laptop costs $18.44 a year. That is 16% less than the national average of $21.97. South Dakota's residential rate is up 5.9% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $17.42 to $18.44 a year.

Per hour: 0.9¢
Per day of use: 7.4¢
Per month: $1.54
Per year: $18.44

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 South Dakota compares

South Dakota pays 15.37¢/kWh, the 18th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $3.53 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
North Carolina	15.16¢	$1.52	$18.19
Kansas	15.27¢	$1.53	$18.32
South Dakota	15.37¢	$1.54	$18.44
Arizona	15.38¢	$1.54	$18.46
South Carolina	15.47¢	$1.55	$18.56

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

What else costs about the same in South Dakota

Air fryer$19.37 a year in SD Box fan$17.29 a year in SD Washing machine$19.98 a year in SD

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 South Dakota?: About $1.54 a month, assuming 60 W, 8 hours a day, 250 days a year at 15.37¢/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?: South Dakota has the 18th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $21.97 a year.