How much does an electric clothes dryer cost per month in Massachusetts?

About $19.25 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 29.61¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an electric clothes dryer use?

Roughly 780 kWh a year under these assumptions.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Massachusetts has the 3rd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $143 a year.

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Cost to run an electric clothes dryer in Massachusetts (June 2026 rates)

At 29.61¢ per kilowatt-hour — Massachusetts's average residential price in June 2026 — running an electric clothes dryer costs $231 a year. That is 61% more than the national average of $143. Massachusetts's residential rate is down 2.4% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $237 to $231 a year.

Per cycle: 88.8¢
Per day: 63.3¢
Per month: $19.25
Per year: $231

Assumption: 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week — 780 kWh a year. A standard vented electric dryer. Heat-pump dryers use roughly half this per load. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Massachusetts compares

Massachusetts pays 29.61¢/kWh, the 3rd most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $87.91 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric clothes dryer costs $102 a year in Nevada and $411 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $309 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
New York	29.49¢	$19.17	$230
Maine	29.59¢	$19.23	$231
Massachusetts	29.61¢	$19.25	$231
California	34.74¢	$22.58	$271
Hawaii	52.72¢	$34.27	$411

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric clothes dryer.

What else costs about the same in Massachusetts

Portable air conditioner$250 a year in MA Space heater$256 a year in MA Window air conditioner$205 a year in MA

Cutting the number down

The spin speed of the washer sets the dryer's workload. A faster final spin removes water mechanically instead of thermally, which is far cheaper.
A blocked lint screen or crushed vent hose makes every load run longer at full heat.
Back-to-back loads reuse a drum that is already hot.

Questions

How much does an electric clothes dryer cost per month in Massachusetts?: About $19.25 a month, assuming 3.00 kWh per cycle, 5 cycles a week at 29.61¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an electric clothes dryer use?: Roughly 780 kWh a year under these assumptions.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Massachusetts has the 3rd most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $143 a year.