How much does an electric oven cost per month in Maryland?

About $6.06 a month, assuming 1.60 kWh per cycle, 4 cycles a week at 21.84¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does an electric oven use?

Roughly 333 kWh a year under these assumptions.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

Maryland has the 14th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $61.04 a year.

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Cost to run an electric oven in Maryland (June 2026 rates)

At 21.84¢ per kilowatt-hour — Maryland's average residential price in June 2026 — running an electric oven costs $72.68 a year. That is 19% more than the national average of $61.04. Maryland's residential rate is up 13.2% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $64.20 to $72.68 a year.

Per cycle: 34.9¢
Per day: 19.9¢
Per month: $6.06
Per year: $72.68

Assumption: 1.60 kWh per cycle, 4 cycles a week — 333 kWh a year. About an hour of baking at 350 F, including preheat. The element cycles rather than drawing its full 2,400 W continuously. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How Maryland compares

Maryland pays 21.84¢/kWh, the 14th most expensive residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $11.65 more a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric oven costs $43.63 a year in Nevada and $175 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $132 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Illinois	19.89¢	$5.52	$66.19
Pennsylvania	21.73¢	$6.03	$72.32
Maryland	21.84¢	$6.06	$72.68
Michigan	22.99¢	$6.38	$76.51
Connecticut	24.32¢	$6.74	$80.94

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

What else costs about the same in Maryland

Dishwasher$68.14 a year in MD Chest freezer$65.52 a year in MD Refrigerator$87.36 a year in MD

Cutting the number down

For anything under an hour, a countertop oven or air fryer heats a far smaller cavity and usually wins outright.
Most recipes do not need a full preheat; reaching temperature with the food inside costs less than an empty preheat.
Self-clean runs the element flat out for hours and is the most expensive cycle the appliance offers.

Questions

How much does an electric oven cost per month in Maryland?: About $6.06 a month, assuming 1.60 kWh per cycle, 4 cycles a week at 21.84¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does an electric oven use?: Roughly 333 kWh a year under these assumptions.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: Maryland has the 14th most expensive average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs more here than the U.S. average of $61.04 a year.