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

About 67.2¢ a month, assuming 700 W at a 40% duty cycle, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 19.19¢/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?

Ohio has the 19th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $7.70 a year.

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Cost to run a rice cooker in Ohio (June 2026 rates)

At 19.19¢ per kilowatt-hour — Ohio's average residential price in June 2026 — running a rice cooker costs $8.06 a year. That is 5% more than the national average of $7.70. Ohio's residential rate is up 9.7% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $7.35 to $8.06 a year.

Per hour: 5.4¢
Per day of use: 4.0¢
Per month: 67.2¢
Per year: $8.06

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 Ohio compares

Ohio pays 19.19¢/kWh, the 19th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 35.7¢ more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same rice cooker costs $5.51 a year in Nevada and $22.14 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $16.64 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Indiana	17.51¢	61.3¢	$7.35
Minnesota	17.52¢	61.3¢	$7.36
Ohio	19.19¢	67.2¢	$8.06
Delaware	19.29¢	67.5¢	$8.10
Wisconsin	19.56¢	68.5¢	$8.22

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

What else costs about the same in Ohio

Electric pressure cooker$8.06 a year in OH Electric lawn mower$7.98 a year in OH Security camera$8.41 a year in OH

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 Ohio?: About 67.2¢ a month, assuming 700 W at a 40% duty cycle, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 19.19¢/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?: Ohio has the 19th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $7.70 a year.