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Cost to run a slow cooker in Washington (July 2026 rates)
At 14.71¢ per kilowatt-hour — Washington's average residential price in July 2026 — running a slow cooker costs $14.12 a year. That is 20% less than the national average of $17.58. Washington's residential rate is up 9.4% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $12.91 to $14.12 a year.
- Per hour
- 2.9¢
- Per day of use
- 23.5¢
- Per month
- $1.18
- Per year
- $14.12
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 Washington compares
Washington pays 14.71¢/kWh, the 13th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $3.46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 14.36¢ | $1.15 | $13.79 |
| Mississippi | 14.54¢ | $1.16 | $13.96 |
| Washington | 14.71¢ | $1.18 | $14.12 |
| Montana | 14.99¢ | $1.20 | $14.39 |
| Florida | 15.03¢ | $1.20 | $14.43 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a slow cooker.
What else costs about the same in Washington
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 Washington?
- About $1.18 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year at 14.71¢/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?
- Washington has the 13th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $17.58 a year.