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

About 91.5¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 30.49¢/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?

Massachusetts has the 4th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $6.59 a year.

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

At 30.49¢ per kilowatt-hour — Massachusetts's average residential price in July 2026 — running a vacuum cleaner costs $10.98 a year. That is 67% more than the national average of $6.59. Massachusetts's residential rate is up 1.4% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $10.83 to $10.98 a year.

Per hour: 36.6¢
Per day of use: 11.0¢
Per month: 91.5¢
Per year: $10.98

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 Massachusetts compares

Massachusetts pays 30.49¢/kWh, the 4th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $4.38 more 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
Alaska	28.83¢	86.5¢	$10.38
New York	29.90¢	89.7¢	$10.76
Massachusetts	30.49¢	91.5¢	$10.98
Maine	32.41¢	97.2¢	$11.67
California	33.61¢	$1.01	$12.10

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

What else costs about the same in Massachusetts

Toaster$10.68 a year in MA Electric blanket$11.71 a year in MA Electric lawn mower$12.68 a year in MA

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 Massachusetts?: About 91.5¢ a month, assuming 1,200 W, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 30.49¢/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?: Massachusetts has the 4th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $6.59 a year.