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

About $33.19 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 23.05¢/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?

Michigan has the 13th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $316 a year.

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

At 23.05¢ per kilowatt-hour — Michigan's average residential price in July 2026 — running a pool pump costs $398 a year. That is 26% more than the national average of $316. Michigan's residential rate is up 12.2% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $355 to $398 a year.

Per hour: 27.7¢
Per day of use: $2.21
Per month: $33.19
Per year: $398

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 Michigan compares

Michigan pays 23.05¢/kWh, the 13th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $81.91 more 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
Maryland	21.41¢	$30.83	$370
Pennsylvania	21.72¢	$31.28	$375
Michigan	23.05¢	$33.19	$398
Vermont	23.75¢	$34.20	$410
Connecticut	24.16¢	$34.79	$417

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

What else costs about the same in Michigan

Electric baseboard heater$311 a year in MI Heat pump$498 a year in MI Central air conditioner$542 a year in MI

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 Michigan?: About $33.19 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 23.05¢/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?: Michigan has the 13th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $316 a year.