How much does a security camera cost per month in Michigan?

About 84.1¢ a month, assuming 5 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 23.05¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a security camera use?

Roughly 44 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.01 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Michigan has the 13th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $8.02 a year.

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Cost to run a security camera in Michigan (July 2026 rates)

At 23.05¢ per kilowatt-hour — Michigan's average residential price in July 2026 — running a security camera costs $10.10 a year. That is 26% more than the national average of $8.02. Michigan's residential rate is up 12.2% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $9.00 to $10.10 a year.

Per hour: 0.1¢
Per day of use: 2.8¢
Per month: 84.1¢
Per year: $10.10

Assumption: 5 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year — 44 kWh a year. Per wired camera, including night-vision illuminators averaged over a day. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Michigan compares

Michigan pays 23.05¢/kWh, the 13th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.08 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same security camera costs $5.57 a year in Louisiana and $21.02 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $15.45 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Maryland	21.41¢	78.1¢	$9.38
Pennsylvania	21.72¢	79.3¢	$9.51
Michigan	23.05¢	84.1¢	$10.10
Vermont	23.75¢	86.7¢	$10.40
Connecticut	24.16¢	88.2¢	$10.58

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

What else costs about the same in Michigan

Electric pressure cooker$9.68 a year in MI Rice cooker$9.68 a year in MI Electric lawn mower$9.59 a year in MI

Cutting the number down

Individually trivial, collectively real: eight cameras around the clock is an always-on load worth knowing about.

Questions

How much does a security camera cost per month in Michigan?: About 84.1¢ a month, assuming 5 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 23.05¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a security camera use?: Roughly 44 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.01 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Michigan has the 13th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $8.02 a year.