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Cost to run a washing machine in Oklahoma (July 2026 rates)
At 14.35¢ per kilowatt-hour — Oklahoma's average residential price in July 2026 — running a washing machine costs $18.65 a year. That is 22% less than the national average of $23.80. Oklahoma's residential rate is up 6.1% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $17.58 to $18.65 a year.
- Per cycle
- 7.2¢
- Per day
- 5.1¢
- Per month
- $1.55
- Per year
- $18.65
Assumption: 0.50 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week — 130 kWh a year. A front-loader on a warm cycle, including the water heating attributable to the wash. A cold wash lands closer to 0.15 kWh. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Oklahoma compares
Oklahoma pays 14.35¢/kWh, the 10th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $5.15 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same washing machine costs $16.54 a year in Louisiana and $62.40 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $45.86 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 13.81¢ | $1.50 | $17.95 |
| Arkansas | 14.33¢ | $1.55 | $18.63 |
| Oklahoma | 14.35¢ | $1.55 | $18.65 |
| Wyoming | 14.36¢ | $1.56 | $18.67 |
| Mississippi | 14.54¢ | $1.58 | $18.90 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a washing machine.
What else costs about the same in Oklahoma
Cutting the number down
- Almost all of a washer's energy is water heating, so switching to cold is close to switching the appliance off, energy-wise.
- Modern detergents are formulated for cold water; the hot-wash habit outlived the chemistry that required it.
Questions
- How much does a washing machine cost per month in Oklahoma?
- About $1.55 a month, assuming 0.50 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 14.35¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does a washing machine use?
- Roughly 130 kWh a year under these assumptions.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Oklahoma has the 10th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $23.80 a year.