Cost to run a pool pump in Indiana (July 2026 rates)
At 16.73¢ per kilowatt-hour — Indiana's average residential price in July 2026 — running a pool pump costs $289 a year. That is 9% less than the national average of $316. Indiana's residential rate is up 3.4% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $280 to $289 a year.
- Per hour
- 20.1¢
- Per day of use
- $1.61
- Per month
- $24.09
- Per year
- $289
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 Indiana compares
Indiana pays 16.73¢/kWh, the 23rd most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $27.30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 16.27¢ | $23.43 | $281 |
| Alabama | 16.40¢ | $23.62 | $283 |
| Indiana | 16.73¢ | $24.09 | $289 |
| Colorado | 17.00¢ | $24.48 | $294 |
| Minnesota | 17.45¢ | $25.13 | $302 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a pool pump.
What else costs about the same in Indiana
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 Indiana?
- About $24.09 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 16.73¢/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?
- Indiana has the 23rd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $316 a year.