How much does a smart speaker cost per month in Maryland?

About 46.9¢ a month, assuming 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 21.41¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a smart speaker use?

Roughly 26 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.00 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Maryland has the 15th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $4.81 a year.

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Cost to run a smart speaker in Maryland (July 2026 rates)

At 21.41¢ per kilowatt-hour — Maryland's average residential price in July 2026 — running a smart speaker costs $5.63 a year. That is 17% more than the national average of $4.81. Maryland's residential rate is up 13.7% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $4.95 to $5.63 a year.

Per hour: under 0.1¢
Per day of use: 1.5¢
Per month: 46.9¢
Per year: $5.63

Assumption: 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year — 26 kWh a year. Idle listening. Playing music at volume draws several times more, but only while it plays. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Maryland compares

Maryland pays 21.41¢/kWh, the 15th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 81.5¢ more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same smart speaker costs $3.34 a year in Louisiana and $12.61 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $9.27 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Illinois	19.22¢	42.1¢	$5.05
Ohio	19.45¢	42.6¢	$5.11
Maryland	21.41¢	46.9¢	$5.63
Pennsylvania	21.72¢	47.6¢	$5.71
Michigan	23.05¢	50.5¢	$6.06

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

What else costs about the same in Maryland

Toaster$7.50 a year in MD Vacuum cleaner$7.71 a year in MD Clothes iron$3.53 a year in MD

Cutting the number down

The interesting number is the idle draw, because that is the one that runs 8,760 hours a year.

Questions

How much does a smart speaker cost per month in Maryland?: About 46.9¢ a month, assuming 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 21.41¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a smart speaker use?: Roughly 26 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.00 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Maryland has the 15th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $4.81 a year.