How much does a toaster cost per month in Tennessee?

About 40.0¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 13.71¢/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?

Tennessee has the 5th 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 Tennessee (July 2026 rates)

At 13.71¢ per kilowatt-hour — Tennessee's average residential price in July 2026 — running a toaster costs $4.80 a year. That is 25% less than the national average of $6.42. Tennessee's residential rate is up 3.8% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $4.63 to $4.80 a year.

Per hour: 16.5¢
Per day of use: 1.3¢
Per month: 40.0¢
Per year: $4.80

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 Tennessee compares

Tennessee pays 13.71¢/kWh, the 5th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.61 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
Utah	13.12¢	38.3¢	$4.60
North Dakota	13.41¢	39.2¢	$4.70
Tennessee	13.71¢	40.0¢	$4.80
Idaho	13.73¢	40.1¢	$4.81
Nebraska	13.78¢	40.2¢	$4.83

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

What else costs about the same in Tennessee

Vacuum cleaner$4.94 a year in TN Electric blanket$5.26 a year in TN Electric lawn mower$5.70 a year in TN

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 Tennessee?: About 40.0¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 13.71¢/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?: Tennessee has the 5th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.42 a year.