How much does a refrigerator cost per month in New Jersey?

About $8.40 a month, assuming 400 kWh a year at 25.19¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a refrigerator use?

Roughly 400 kWh a year under these assumptions.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

New Jersey has the 10th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $73.24 a year.

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Cost to run a refrigerator in New Jersey (July 2026 rates)

At 25.19¢ per kilowatt-hour — New Jersey's average residential price in July 2026 — running a refrigerator costs $101 a year. That is 38% more than the national average of $73.24. New Jersey's residential rate is down 0.5% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $101 to $101 a year.

Per day: 27.6¢
Per month: $8.40
Per year: $101

Assumption: 400 kWh a year. A current ENERGY STAR top-freezer lands near 400 kWh a year. A 2000s-era side-by-side can be double, and a garage fridge in a hot climate higher still. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How New Jersey compares

New Jersey pays 25.19¢/kWh, the 10th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $27.52 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same refrigerator costs $50.88 a year in Louisiana and $192 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $141 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Vermont	23.75¢	$7.92	$95.00
Connecticut	24.16¢	$8.05	$96.64
New Jersey	25.19¢	$8.40	$101
District of Columbia	25.21¢	$8.40	$101
New Hampshire	26.60¢	$8.87	$106

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

What else costs about the same in New Jersey

Desktop computer$101 a year in NJ Air purifier$110 a year in NJ Electric oven$83.83 a year in NJ

Cutting the number down

The second fridge in the garage is often the most expensive appliance in a house, because it is usually the oldest one and it works against garage heat.
Coils packed with dust make the compressor run longer for the same cooling. Vacuuming them takes minutes.
A door gasket that no longer grips a dollar bill is leaking cold around the clock.

Questions

How much does a refrigerator cost per month in New Jersey?: About $8.40 a month, assuming 400 kWh a year at 25.19¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a refrigerator use?: Roughly 400 kWh a year under these assumptions.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: New Jersey has the 10th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $73.24 a year.