How much does a Wi-Fi router cost per month in New Mexico?

About $1.17 a month, assuming 10 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 16.09¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a Wi-Fi router use?

Roughly 88 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.01 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

New Mexico has the 26th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $16.04 a year.

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Cost to run a Wi-Fi router in New Mexico (July 2026 rates)

At 16.09¢ per kilowatt-hour — New Mexico's average residential price in July 2026 — running a Wi-Fi router costs $14.09 a year. That is 12% less than the national average of $16.04. New Mexico's residential rate is up 1.8% from July 2025, which moves this appliance from $13.84 to $14.09 a year.

Per hour: 0.2¢
Per day of use: 3.9¢
Per month: $1.17
Per year: $14.09

Assumption: 10 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year — 88 kWh a year. Router plus modem. Mesh systems multiply this by the number of nodes. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How New Mexico compares

New Mexico pays 16.09¢/kWh, the 26th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.94 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same Wi-Fi router costs $11.14 a year in Louisiana and $42.05 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $30.91 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Iowa	15.99¢	$1.17	$14.01
Missouri	16.09¢	$1.17	$14.09
New Mexico	16.09¢	$1.17	$14.09
Georgia	16.27¢	$1.19	$14.25
Alabama	16.40¢	$1.20	$14.37

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a Wi-Fi router.

What else costs about the same in New Mexico

Ceiling fan$13.90 a year in NM Hair dryer$15.21 a year in NM Slow cooker$15.45 a year in NM

Cutting the number down

Small and always-on is the pattern worth understanding: 10 W around the clock is 88 kWh a year, more than a microwave.
Mesh nodes each carry their own around-the-clock draw, so an extra node is an extra annual line item.

Questions

How much does a Wi-Fi router cost per month in New Mexico?: About $1.17 a month, assuming 10 W, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 16.09¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a Wi-Fi router use?: Roughly 88 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.01 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: New Mexico has the 26th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $16.04 a year.