How much does a slow cooker cost per month in District of Columbia?

About $1.95 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year at 24.39¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a slow cooker use?

Roughly 96 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.20 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

District of Columbia has the 11th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $17.61 a year.

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Cost to run a slow cooker in District of Columbia (June 2026 rates)

At 24.39¢ per kilowatt-hour — District of Columbia's average residential price in June 2026 — running a slow cooker costs $23.41 a year. That is 33% more than the national average of $17.61. District of Columbia's residential rate is up 7.4% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $21.79 to $23.41 a year.

Per hour: 4.9¢
Per day of use: 39.0¢
Per month: $1.95
Per year: $23.41

Assumption: 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year — 96 kWh a year. A 6-quart cooker on low. Eight hours at 200 W is less energy than one hour of oven time. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How District of Columbia compares

District of Columbia pays 24.39¢/kWh, the 11th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $5.81 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same slow cooker costs $12.59 a year in Nevada and $50.61 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $38.03 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Michigan	22.99¢	$1.84	$22.07
Connecticut	24.32¢	$1.95	$23.35
District of Columbia	24.39¢	$1.95	$23.41
Vermont	24.44¢	$1.96	$23.46
New Jersey	24.95¢	$2.00	$23.95

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

What else costs about the same in District of Columbia

Hair dryer$23.05 a year in DC Wi-fi router$21.37 a year in DC Treadmill$25.61 a year in DC

Cutting the number down

Long and low is genuinely cheap: the whole point is a small element holding a well-insulated pot, not a big element fighting a big cavity.
Lifting the lid to peek costs 15 to 20 minutes of added cooking time each go.

Questions

How much does a slow cooker cost per month in District of Columbia?: About $1.95 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year at 24.39¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a slow cooker use?: Roughly 96 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.20 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: District of Columbia has the 11th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $17.61 a year.