Cost to run a pool pump in Kansas (July 2026 rates)
At 15.27¢ per kilowatt-hour — Kansas's average residential price in July 2026 — running a pool pump costs $264 a year. That is 17% less than the national average of $316. Kansas's residential rate is up 5.6% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $250 to $264 a year.
- Per hour
- 18.3¢
- Per day of use
- $1.47
- Per month
- $21.99
- Per year
- $264
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 Kansas compares
Kansas pays 15.27¢/kWh, the 17th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $52.53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 15.03¢ | $21.64 | $260 |
| North Carolina | 15.16¢ | $21.83 | $262 |
| Kansas | 15.27¢ | $21.99 | $264 |
| South Dakota | 15.37¢ | $22.13 | $266 |
| Arizona | 15.38¢ | $22.15 | $266 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a pool pump.
What else costs about the same in Kansas
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 Kansas?
- About $21.99 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 15.27¢/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?
- Kansas has the 17th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $316 a year.