How much does a vacuum cleaner cost per month in Idaho?

About 43.1¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 14.37¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a vacuum cleaner use?

Roughly 36 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.20 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Idaho has the 10th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.60 a year.

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Cost to run a vacuum cleaner in Idaho (June 2026 rates)

At 14.37¢ per kilowatt-hour — Idaho's average residential price in June 2026 — running a vacuum cleaner costs $5.17 a year. That is 22% less than the national average of $6.60. Idaho's residential rate is up 19.1% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $4.35 to $5.17 a year.

Per hour: 17.2¢
Per day of use: 5.2¢
Per month: 43.1¢
Per year: $5.17

Assumption: 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year — 36 kWh a year. An upright vacuum, roughly 20 minutes per session. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Idaho compares

Idaho pays 14.37¢/kWh, the 10th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.43 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same vacuum cleaner costs $4.72 a year in Nevada and $18.98 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $14.26 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Kentucky	14.26¢	42.8¢	$5.13
Oklahoma	14.33¢	43.0¢	$5.16
Idaho	14.37¢	43.1¢	$5.17
North Carolina	14.74¢	44.2¢	$5.31
Mississippi	14.88¢	44.6¢	$5.36

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

What else costs about the same in Idaho

Toaster$5.04 a year in ID Electric blanket$5.52 a year in ID Electric lawn mower$5.98 a year in ID

Cutting the number down

A full bag or clogged filter costs suction, not watts: the motor draws the same while doing less.

Questions

How much does a vacuum cleaner cost per month in Idaho?: About 43.1¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 14.37¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a vacuum cleaner use?: Roughly 36 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 1.20 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Idaho has the 10th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.60 a year.