How much does a rice cooker cost per month in Idaho?

About 48.1¢ a month, assuming 700 W at a 40% duty cycle, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 13.73¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a rice cooker use?

Roughly 42 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.28 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Idaho has the 6th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.69 a year.

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Cost to run a rice cooker in Idaho (July 2026 rates)

At 13.73¢ per kilowatt-hour — Idaho's average residential price in July 2026 — running a rice cooker costs $5.77 a year. That is 25% less than the national average of $7.69. Idaho's residential rate is up 11.8% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $5.16 to $5.77 a year.

Per hour: 3.8¢
Per day of use: 2.9¢
Per month: 48.1¢
Per year: $5.77

Assumption: 700 W at a 40% duty cycle, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year — 42 kWh a year. Full draw while heating, then a low-power keep-warm hold. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Idaho compares

Idaho pays 13.73¢/kWh, the 6th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.92 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same rice cooker costs $5.34 a year in Louisiana and $20.16 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $14.82 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
North Dakota	13.41¢	46.9¢	$5.63
Tennessee	13.71¢	48.0¢	$5.76
Idaho	13.73¢	48.1¢	$5.77
Nebraska	13.78¢	48.2¢	$5.79
Kentucky	13.81¢	48.3¢	$5.80

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

What else costs about the same in Idaho

Electric pressure cooker$5.77 a year in ID Electric lawn mower$5.71 a year in ID Security camera$6.01 a year in ID

Cutting the number down

Keep-warm is a small draw that runs for hours. Switching it off once the rice is done is the only real lever here.

Questions

How much does a rice cooker cost per month in Idaho?: About 48.1¢ a month, assuming 700 W at a 40% duty cycle, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 13.73¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a rice cooker use?: Roughly 42 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.28 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Idaho has the 6th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.69 a year.