Cost to run a treadmill in Idaho (July 2026 rates)
At 13.73¢ per kilowatt-hour — Idaho's average residential price in July 2026 — running a treadmill costs $14.42 a year. That is 25% less than the national average of $19.23. Idaho's residential rate is up 11.8% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $12.89 to $14.42 a year.
- Per hour
- 9.6¢
- Per day of use
- 7.2¢
- Per month
- $1.20
- Per year
- $14.42
Assumption: 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year — 105 kWh a year. A residential motorized treadmill at a walking-to-jogging pace. Incline and heavier users push it higher. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Idaho compares
Idaho pays 13.73¢/kWh, the 6th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $4.81 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same treadmill costs $13.36 a year in Louisiana and $50.40 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $37.04 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 13.41¢ | $1.17 | $14.08 |
| Tennessee | 13.71¢ | $1.20 | $14.40 |
| Idaho | 13.73¢ | $1.20 | $14.42 |
| Nebraska | 13.78¢ | $1.21 | $14.47 |
| Kentucky | 13.81¢ | $1.21 | $14.50 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a treadmill.
What else costs about the same in Idaho
Cutting the number down
- The console and its screen keep drawing when the belt is stopped. Unplugging between sessions removes a standby load.
Questions
- How much does a treadmill cost per month in Idaho?
- About $1.20 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 13.73¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a treadmill use?
- Roughly 105 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.70 kWh for every hour it runs.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Idaho has the 6th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $19.23 a year.