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

About 41.7¢ a month, assuming 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 19.06¢/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?

Wisconsin has the 18th 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 Wisconsin (July 2026 rates)

At 19.06¢ per kilowatt-hour — Wisconsin's average residential price in July 2026 — running a smart speaker costs $5.01 a year. That is 4% more than the national average of $4.81. Wisconsin's residential rate is up 4.4% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $4.80 to $5.01 a year.

Per hour: under 0.1¢
Per day of use: 1.4¢
Per month: 41.7¢
Per year: $5.01

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 Wisconsin compares

Wisconsin pays 19.06¢/kWh, the 18th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 19.7¢ 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
Virginia	17.55¢	38.4¢	$4.61
Delaware	18.48¢	40.5¢	$4.86
Wisconsin	19.06¢	41.7¢	$5.01
Illinois	19.22¢	42.1¢	$5.05
Ohio	19.45¢	42.6¢	$5.11

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

What else costs about the same in Wisconsin

Toaster$6.68 a year in WI Vacuum cleaner$6.86 a year in WI Clothes iron$3.14 a year in WI

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 Wisconsin?: About 41.7¢ a month, assuming 3 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 19.06¢/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?: Wisconsin has the 18th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $4.81 a year.