How much does a treadmill cost per month in Michigan?

About $2.02 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 23.05¢/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?

Michigan has the 13th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $19.23 a year.

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Cost to run a treadmill in Michigan (July 2026 rates)

At 23.05¢ per kilowatt-hour — Michigan's average residential price in July 2026 — running a treadmill costs $24.20 a year. That is 26% more than the national average of $19.23. Michigan's residential rate is up 12.2% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $21.58 to $24.20 a year.

Per hour: 16.1¢
Per day of use: 12.1¢
Per month: $2.02
Per year: $24.20

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 Michigan compares

Michigan pays 23.05¢/kWh, the 13th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $4.98 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
Maryland	21.41¢	$1.87	$22.48
Pennsylvania	21.72¢	$1.90	$22.81
Michigan	23.05¢	$2.02	$24.20
Vermont	23.75¢	$2.08	$24.94
Connecticut	24.16¢	$2.11	$25.37

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

What else costs about the same in Michigan

Microwave$25.24 a year in MI Incandescent bulb$25.24 a year in MI Electric kettle$25.24 a year in MI

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 Michigan?: About $2.02 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 23.05¢/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?: Michigan has the 13th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $19.23 a year.