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

About 20.5¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 14.91¢/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?

Washington has the 13th 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 Washington (June 2026 rates)

At 14.91¢ per kilowatt-hour — Washington's average residential price in June 2026 — running a clothes iron costs $2.46 a year. That is 19% less than the national average of $3.03. Washington's residential rate is up 15.0% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $2.14 to $2.46 a year.

Per hour: 8.2¢
Per day of use: 2.5¢
Per month: 20.5¢
Per year: $2.46

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 Washington compares

Washington pays 14.91¢/kWh, the 13th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to 56.6¢ 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
North Carolina	14.74¢	20.3¢	$2.43
Mississippi	14.88¢	20.5¢	$2.46
Washington	14.91¢	20.5¢	$2.46
New Mexico	15.06¢	20.7¢	$2.48
Florida	15.10¢	20.8¢	$2.49

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

What else costs about the same in Washington

Led bulb$2.45 a year in WA String of christmas lights$1.01 a year in WA Smart speaker$3.92 a year in WA

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 Washington?: About 20.5¢ a month, assuming 1,100 W at a 50% duty cycle, 18 minutes a day, 100 days a year at 14.91¢/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?: Washington has the 13th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $3.03 a year.