Cost to run a treadmill in Montana (July 2026 rates)
At 14.99¢ per kilowatt-hour — Montana's average residential price in July 2026 — running a treadmill costs $15.74 a year. That is 18% less than the national average of $19.23. Montana's residential rate is up 5.0% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $14.98 to $15.74 a year.
- Per hour
- 10.5¢
- Per day of use
- 7.9¢
- Per month
- $1.31
- Per year
- $15.74
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 Montana compares
Montana pays 14.99¢/kWh, the 14th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $3.49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 14.54¢ | $1.27 | $15.27 |
| Washington | 14.71¢ | $1.29 | $15.45 |
| Montana | 14.99¢ | $1.31 | $15.74 |
| Florida | 15.03¢ | $1.32 | $15.78 |
| North Carolina | 15.16¢ | $1.33 | $15.92 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a treadmill.
What else costs about the same in Montana
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 Montana?
- About $1.31 a month, assuming 700 W, 45 minutes a day, 200 days a year at 14.99¢/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?
- Montana has the 14th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $19.23 a year.