Cost to run a laptop in Utah (June 2026 rates)
At 13.37¢ per kilowatt-hour — Utah's average residential price in June 2026 — running a laptop costs $16.04 a year. That is 27% less than the national average of $22.01. Utah's residential rate is up 2.1% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $15.72 to $16.04 a year.
- Per hour
- 0.8¢
- Per day of use
- 6.4¢
- Per month
- $1.34
- Per year
- $16.04
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 Utah compares
Utah pays 13.37¢/kWh, the 3rd cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $5.96 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 13.11¢ | $1.31 | $15.73 |
| Nebraska | 13.25¢ | $1.32 | $15.90 |
| Utah | 13.37¢ | $1.34 | $16.04 |
| Louisiana | 13.49¢ | $1.35 | $16.19 |
| Tennessee | 14.07¢ | $1.41 | $16.88 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a laptop.
What else costs about the same in Utah
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 Utah?
- About $1.34 a month, assuming 60 W, 8 hours a day, 250 days a year at 13.37¢/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?
- Utah has the 3rd cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $22.01 a year.