How much does a slow cooker cost per month in North Carolina?

About $1.21 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year at 15.16¢/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?

North Carolina has the 16th cheapest 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 North Carolina (July 2026 rates)

At 15.16¢ per kilowatt-hour — North Carolina's average residential price in July 2026 — running a slow cooker costs $14.55 a year. That is 17% less than the national average of $17.58. North Carolina's residential rate is up 13.4% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $12.84 to $14.55 a year.

Per hour: 3.0¢
Per day of use: 24.3¢
Per month: $1.21
Per year: $14.55

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 North Carolina compares

North Carolina pays 15.16¢/kWh, the 16th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $3.02 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
Montana	14.99¢	$1.20	$14.39
Florida	15.03¢	$1.20	$14.43
North Carolina	15.16¢	$1.21	$14.55
Kansas	15.27¢	$1.22	$14.66
South Dakota	15.37¢	$1.23	$14.76

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

What else costs about the same in North Carolina

Hair dryer$14.33 a year in NC Wi-fi router$13.28 a year in NC Treadmill$15.92 a year in NC

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 North Carolina?: About $1.21 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year at 15.16¢/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?: North Carolina has the 16th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $17.58 a year.