How much does a pool pump cost per month in Alabama?

About $23.62 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 16.40¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a pool pump use?

Roughly 1,728 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.20 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Alabama has the 24th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $316 a year.

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Cost to run a pool pump in Alabama (July 2026 rates)

At 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour — Alabama's average residential price in July 2026 — running a pool pump costs $283 a year. That is 10% less than the national average of $316. Alabama's residential rate is up 3.0% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $275 to $283 a year.

Per hour: 19.7¢
Per day of use: $1.57
Per month: $23.62
Per year: $283

Assumption: 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year — 1,728 kWh a year. A single-speed 1.5 HP pump. Variable-speed pumps running longer at low speed use a fraction of this. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

Related calculators: see what running slower for longer saves.

How Alabama compares

Alabama pays 16.40¢/kWh, the 24th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $33.00 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same pool pump costs $220 a year in Louisiana and $829 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $610 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
New Mexico	16.09¢	$23.17	$278
Georgia	16.27¢	$23.43	$281
Alabama	16.40¢	$23.62	$283
Indiana	16.73¢	$24.09	$289
Colorado	17.00¢	$24.48	$294

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

What else costs about the same in Alabama

Electric baseboard heater$221 a year in AL Heat pump$354 a year in AL Central air conditioner$386 a year in AL

Cutting the number down

Pump power rises roughly with the cube of speed, so running at half speed for twice as long uses about a quarter of the energy.
Most pools are turned over more often than they need. Cutting an hour a day is free money all season.
A variable-speed pump is one of the few upgrades that routinely pays back within two seasons.

Questions

How much does a pool pump cost per month in Alabama?: About $23.62 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 16.40¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a pool pump use?: Roughly 1,728 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.20 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Alabama has the 24th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $316 a year.