Cost to run a laptop in Wyoming (July 2026 rates)
At 14.36¢ per kilowatt-hour — Wyoming's average residential price in July 2026 — running a laptop costs $17.23 a year. That is 22% less than the national average of $21.97. Wyoming's residential rate is down 1.9% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $17.57 to $17.23 a year.
- Per hour
- 0.9¢
- Per day of use
- 6.9¢
- Per month
- $1.44
- Per year
- $17.23
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 Wyoming compares
Wyoming pays 14.36¢/kWh, the 11th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $4.74 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 14.33¢ | $1.43 | $17.20 |
| Oklahoma | 14.35¢ | $1.43 | $17.22 |
| Wyoming | 14.36¢ | $1.44 | $17.23 |
| Mississippi | 14.54¢ | $1.45 | $17.45 |
| Washington | 14.71¢ | $1.47 | $17.65 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a laptop.
What else costs about the same in Wyoming
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 Wyoming?
- About $1.44 a month, assuming 60 W, 8 hours a day, 250 days a year at 14.36¢/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?
- Wyoming has the 11th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $21.97 a year.