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

About 38.2¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 12.72¢/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?

Louisiana has the cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.59 a year.

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Cost to run a vacuum cleaner in Louisiana (July 2026 rates)

At 12.72¢ per kilowatt-hour — Louisiana's average residential price in July 2026 — running a vacuum cleaner costs $4.58 a year. That is 31% less than the national average of $6.59. Louisiana's residential rate is down 3.0% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $4.72 to $4.58 a year.

Per hour: 15.3¢
Per day of use: 4.6¢
Per month: 38.2¢
Per year: $4.58

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 Louisiana compares

Louisiana pays 12.72¢/kWh, the cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $2.01 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same vacuum cleaner costs $4.58 a year in Louisiana and $17.28 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $12.70 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Louisiana	12.72¢	38.2¢	$4.58
Nevada	12.77¢	38.3¢	$4.60
Utah	13.12¢	39.4¢	$4.72
North Dakota	13.41¢	40.2¢	$4.83
Tennessee	13.71¢	41.1¢	$4.94

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

What else costs about the same in Louisiana

Toaster$4.46 a year in LA Electric blanket$4.88 a year in LA Electric lawn mower$5.29 a year in LA

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 Louisiana?: About 38.2¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 12.72¢/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?: Louisiana has the cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $6.59 a year.