Cost to run a toaster in Vermont (July 2026 rates)
At 23.75¢ per kilowatt-hour — Vermont's average residential price in July 2026 — running a toaster costs $8.32 a year. That is 30% more than the national average of $6.42. Vermont's residential rate is up 7.3% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $7.76 to $8.32 a year.
- Per hour
- 28.5¢
- Per day of use
- 2.3¢
- Per month
- 69.3¢
- Per year
- $8.32
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 Vermont compares
Vermont pays 23.75¢/kWh, the 12th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.91 more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 21.72¢ | 63.4¢ | $7.61 |
| Michigan | 23.05¢ | 67.3¢ | $8.08 |
| Vermont | 23.75¢ | 69.3¢ | $8.32 |
| Connecticut | 24.16¢ | 70.5¢ | $8.47 |
| New Jersey | 25.19¢ | 73.6¢ | $8.83 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a toaster.
What else costs about the same in Vermont
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 Vermont?
- About 69.3¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 5 minutes a day, 365 days a year at 23.75¢/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?
- Vermont has the 12th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $6.42 a year.