How much does a clothes iron cost per month in Louisiana?

About 18.5¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 13.49¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a clothes iron use?

Roughly 16 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.55 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Louisiana has the 4th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $3.03 a year.

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Cost to run a clothes iron in Louisiana (June 2026 rates)

At 13.49¢ per kilowatt-hour — Louisiana's average residential price in June 2026 — running a clothes iron costs $2.23 a year. That is 26% less than the national average of $3.03. Louisiana's residential rate is up 5.9% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $2.10 to $2.23 a year.

Per hour: 7.4¢
Per day of use: 2.2¢
Per month: 18.5¢
Per year: $2.23

Assumption: 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year — 16 kWh a year. Thermostatic, so it cycles rather than drawing continuously. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Louisiana compares

Louisiana pays 13.49¢/kWh, the 4th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 80.0¢ less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same clothes iron costs $2.16 a year in Nevada and $8.70 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $6.54 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Nebraska	13.25¢	18.2¢	$2.19
Utah	13.37¢	18.4¢	$2.21
Louisiana	13.49¢	18.5¢	$2.23
Tennessee	14.07¢	19.3¢	$2.32
North Dakota	14.12¢	19.4¢	$2.33

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

What else costs about the same in Louisiana

Led bulb$2.22 a year in LA String of christmas lights91.1¢ a year in LA Smart speaker$3.55 a year in LA

Cutting the number down

Ironing a batch on one heat-up costs far less than heating the plate from cold for each shirt.

Questions

How much does a clothes iron cost per month in Louisiana?: About 18.5¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 13.49¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a clothes iron use?: Roughly 16 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.55 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Louisiana has the 4th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $3.03 a year.