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Cost to run a rice cooker in South Dakota (July 2026 rates)
At 15.37¢ per kilowatt-hour — South Dakota's average residential price in July 2026 — running a rice cooker costs $6.46 a year. That is 16% less than the national average of $7.69. South Dakota's residential rate is up 5.9% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $6.10 to $6.46 a year.
- Per hour
- 4.3¢
- Per day of use
- 3.2¢
- Per month
- 53.8¢
- Per year
- $6.46
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 South Dakota compares
South Dakota pays 15.37¢/kWh, the 18th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.23 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 Carolina | 15.16¢ | 53.1¢ | $6.37 |
| Kansas | 15.27¢ | 53.4¢ | $6.41 |
| South Dakota | 15.37¢ | 53.8¢ | $6.46 |
| Arizona | 15.38¢ | 53.8¢ | $6.46 |
| South Carolina | 15.47¢ | 54.1¢ | $6.50 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a rice cooker.
What else costs about the same in South Dakota
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 South Dakota?
- About 53.8¢ a month, assuming 700 W at a 40% duty cycle, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 15.37¢/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?
- South Dakota has the 18th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.69 a year.