Cost to run a treadmill in Kentucky (June 2026 rates)
At 14.26¢ per kilowatt-hour — Kentucky's average residential price in June 2026 — running a treadmill costs $14.97 a year. That is 22% less than the national average of $19.26. Kentucky's residential rate is up 6.4% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $14.07 to $14.97 a year.
- Per hour
- 10.0¢
- Per day of use
- 7.5¢
- Per month
- $1.25
- Per year
- $14.97
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 Kentucky compares
Kentucky pays 14.26¢/kWh, the 8th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $4.28 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same treadmill costs $13.77 a year in Nevada and $55.36 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $41.59 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 14.12¢ | $1.24 | $14.83 |
| Arkansas | 14.12¢ | $1.24 | $14.83 |
| Kentucky | 14.26¢ | $1.25 | $14.97 |
| Oklahoma | 14.33¢ | $1.25 | $15.05 |
| Idaho | 14.37¢ | $1.26 | $15.09 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a treadmill.
What else costs about the same in Kentucky
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 Kentucky?
- About $1.25 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 14.26¢/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?
- Kentucky has the 8th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $19.26 a year.