How much does a slow cooker cost per month in New Mexico?

About $1.29 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year at 16.09¢/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?

New Mexico has the 26th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $17.58 a year.

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Cost to run a slow cooker in New Mexico (July 2026 rates)

At 16.09¢ per kilowatt-hour — New Mexico's average residential price in July 2026 — running a slow cooker costs $15.45 a year. That is 12% less than the national average of $17.58. New Mexico's residential rate is up 1.8% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $15.17 to $15.45 a year.

Per hour: 3.2¢
Per day of use: 25.7¢
Per month: $1.29
Per year: $15.45

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 New Mexico compares

New Mexico pays 16.09¢/kWh, the 26th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.13 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same slow cooker costs $12.21 a year in Louisiana and $46.08 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $33.87 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Iowa	15.99¢	$1.28	$15.35
Missouri	16.09¢	$1.29	$15.45
New Mexico	16.09¢	$1.29	$15.45
Georgia	16.27¢	$1.30	$15.62
Alabama	16.40¢	$1.31	$15.74

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

What else costs about the same in New Mexico

Hair dryer$15.21 a year in NM Wi-fi router$14.09 a year in NM Treadmill$16.89 a year in NM

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 New Mexico?: About $1.29 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year at 16.09¢/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?: New Mexico has the 26th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $17.58 a year.