How much does a pool pump cost per month in New Hampshire?

About $38.30 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 26.60¢/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?

New Hampshire has the 8th 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 New Hampshire (July 2026 rates)

At 26.60¢ per kilowatt-hour — New Hampshire's average residential price in July 2026 — running a pool pump costs $460 a year. That is 45% more than the national average of $316. New Hampshire's residential rate is up 16.7% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $394 to $460 a year.

Per hour: 31.9¢
Per day of use: $2.55
Per month: $38.30
Per year: $460

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 New Hampshire compares

New Hampshire pays 26.60¢/kWh, the 8th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $143 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
New Jersey	25.19¢	$36.27	$435
District of Columbia	25.21¢	$36.30	$436
New Hampshire	26.60¢	$38.30	$460
Rhode Island	28.29¢	$40.74	$489
Alaska	28.83¢	$41.52	$498

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

What else costs about the same in New Hampshire

Electric baseboard heater$359 a year in NH Heat pump$575 a year in NH Central air conditioner$626 a year in NH

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 New Hampshire?: About $38.30 a month, assuming 1,200 W, 8 hours a day, 180 days a year at 26.60¢/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?: New Hampshire has the 8th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $316 a year.