Cost to run a treadmill in Illinois (July 2026 rates)
At 19.22¢ per kilowatt-hour — Illinois's average residential price in July 2026 — running a treadmill costs $20.18 a year. That is 5% more than the national average of $19.23. Illinois's residential rate is up 11.6% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $18.08 to $20.18 a year.
- Per hour
- 13.5¢
- Per day of use
- 10.1¢
- Per month
- $1.68
- Per year
- $20.18
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 Illinois compares
Illinois pays 19.22¢/kWh, the 17th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 95.5¢ more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 18.48¢ | $1.62 | $19.40 |
| Wisconsin | 19.06¢ | $1.67 | $20.01 |
| Illinois | 19.22¢ | $1.68 | $20.18 |
| Ohio | 19.45¢ | $1.70 | $20.42 |
| Maryland | 21.41¢ | $1.87 | $22.48 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a treadmill.
What else costs about the same in Illinois
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 Illinois?
- About $1.68 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 19.22¢/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?
- Illinois has the 17th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $19.23 a year.