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

About 38.2¢ a month, assuming 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 17.45¢/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?

Minnesota has the 21st most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $4.81 a year.

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

At 17.45¢ per kilowatt-hour — Minnesota's average residential price in July 2026 — running a smart speaker costs $4.59 a year. That is 5% less than the national average of $4.81. Minnesota's residential rate is up 3.1% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $4.45 to $4.59 a year.

Per hour: under 0.1¢
Per day of use: 1.3¢
Per month: 38.2¢
Per year: $4.59

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 Minnesota compares

Minnesota pays 17.45¢/kWh, the 21st most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 22.6¢ less 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
Indiana	16.73¢	36.6¢	$4.40
Colorado	17.00¢	37.2¢	$4.47
Minnesota	17.45¢	38.2¢	$4.59
Virginia	17.55¢	38.4¢	$4.61
Delaware	18.48¢	40.5¢	$4.86

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

What else costs about the same in Minnesota

Toaster$6.11 a year in MN Vacuum cleaner$6.28 a year in MN Clothes iron$2.88 a year in MN

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 Minnesota?: About 38.2¢ a month, assuming 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 17.45¢/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?: Minnesota has the 21st most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $4.81 a year.