Cost to run a toaster in Kentucky (July 2026 rates)
At 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour — Kentucky's average residential price in July 2026 — running a toaster costs $4.84 a year. That is 25% less than the national average of $6.42. Kentucky's residential rate is up 5.2% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $4.60 to $4.84 a year.
- Per hour
- 16.6¢
- Per day of use
- 1.3¢
- Per month
- 40.3¢
- Per year
- $4.84
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 Kentucky compares
Kentucky pays 13.81¢/kWh, the 8th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 13.73¢ | 40.1¢ | $4.81 |
| 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 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a toaster.
What else costs about the same in Kentucky
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 Kentucky?
- About 40.3¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 13.81¢/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?
- Kentucky has the 8th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.42 a year.