How much does a toaster cost per month in Arkansas?

About 41.8¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 14.33¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a toaster use?

Roughly 35 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.20 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Arkansas has the 9th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.42 a year.

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Cost to run a toaster in Arkansas (July 2026 rates)

At 14.33¢ per kilowatt-hour — Arkansas's average residential price in July 2026 — running a toaster costs $5.02 a year. That is 22% less than the national average of $6.42. Arkansas's residential rate is up 8.1% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $4.65 to $5.02 a year.

Per hour: 17.2¢
Per day of use: 1.4¢
Per month: 41.8¢
Per year: $5.02

Assumption: 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year — 35 kWh a year. Roughly five minutes a day. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Arkansas compares

Arkansas pays 14.33¢/kWh, the 9th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.39 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same toaster costs $4.46 a year in Louisiana and $16.82 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $12.36 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Nebraska	13.78¢	40.2¢	$4.83
Kentucky	13.81¢	40.3¢	$4.84
Arkansas	14.33¢	41.8¢	$5.02
Oklahoma	14.35¢	41.9¢	$5.03
Wyoming	14.36¢	41.9¢	$5.03

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

What else costs about the same in Arkansas

Vacuum cleaner$5.16 a year in AR Electric blanket$5.50 a year in AR Electric lawn mower$5.96 a year in AR

Cutting the number down

High wattage, tiny runtime: a toaster is a good reminder that watts alone tell you nothing without hours.

Questions

How much does a toaster cost per month in Arkansas?: About 41.8¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 14.33¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a toaster use?: Roughly 35 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.20 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Arkansas has the 9th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.42 a year.